Today in History for April 1820

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Historical Events

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8th - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
12th - Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.

Famous Birthdays

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4th - Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891
5th - Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist
14th - Harry Thompson Hays, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
15th - Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
16th - Georg Curtius, German classical linguist
17th - Gottfried Conradi, composer
26th - Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)
27th - Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)

Famous Deaths

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5th - Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81
20th - Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies


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