Today in History for March 1820
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 6 of 6
3rd - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
5th - Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
9th - -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
9th - James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
15th - Maine admitted as 23rd state
25th - Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 18 of 18
1st - George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1896
1st - Richard Redhead, composer
2nd - Multatuli, writer
3rd - Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar)
4th - Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (d. 1856)
6th - Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General (Union volunteers)
7th - Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer
9th - Samuel Blatchford, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1893)
13th - Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
14th - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78)
17th - Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
17th - Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
20th - Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania
21st - Frank Mori, composer
24th - A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)
24th - Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915)
25th - Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope (in Rome)
30th - Anna Sewell, British author (d. 1878)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 4 of 4
11th - Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81
15th - Clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751
22nd - Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41
26th - Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71
