December 20th, 1745

Born on December 20th, 1745

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What happened on December 20th?

December 20th, 1955

Cardiff was recognised as the capital of Wales by the British government.

December 20th, 1852

Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.

December 20th, 1248

Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.

December 20th, 1968

The first two confirmed murders by the Zodiac Killer occurred in Benicia, California, in a case which remains unsolved.

December 20th, 2007

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.

December 20th, 1999

Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1988

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade, opened for signatures.

December 20th, 1984

Twelve-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her home in Greeley, Colorado; her body was not discovered until 2019.

December 20th, 1980

NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.

December 20th, 1999

Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1977

With the approval of the State Council, China's two largest newspapers, the People's Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

December 20th, 1991

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

December 20th, 1970

Koza riot: After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving American service personnel, roughly 5,000 Okinawans take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th

Same year
Born in 1745

69

Charles Dibdin

British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor

*March 15th, 1745, Southampton †July 25th, 1814, London

46

Maria Luisa of Spain

Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire

*November 24th, 1745, Portici †May 15th, 1792, Vienna

67

Benjamin Rush

American physician, educator, author

*December 24th, 1745, Byberry †April 19th, 1813, Philadelphia

83

Timothy Pickering

American statesman (1745-1829)

*July 17th, 1745, Salem †January 29th, 1829, Salem

81

Philippe Pinel

French psychiatrist

*April 20th, 1745, Jonquières †October 25th, 1826, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

56

Philipp Karl von Alvensleben

German politician and diplomat (1745-1802)

*December 16th, 1745, Hanover †October 21st, 1802, Berlin

80

Benedict Christian Vogel

Roman botanist (1745-1825)

*April 24th, 1745, Feuchtwangen †June 8th, 1825, Nuremberg

68

Henry James Pye

English Poet Laureate (1745-1813)

*February 20th, 1745, London †August 11th, 1813, Pinner

79

Charles Mannay

French priest (1745-1824)

*October 14th, 1745, Champeix †December 5th, 1824, Rennes

70

John Sevier

Soldier, frontiersman and politician (1745-1815)

*September 23rd, 1745, Rockingham County †September 24th, 1815, Alabama Territory

72

Georg Ernst Waldau

German church historian and theologian

*March 25th, 1745, Nuremberg †April 27th, 1817, Nuremberg

70

Francis Asbury

Methodist bishop in America (1745-1816)

*August 20th, 1745, Hamstead †March 31st, 1816, Spotsylvania County

74

Bodawpaya

1745-1819, sixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma.

*March 11th, 1745, Shwebo †June 5th, 1819, Amarapura

84

Johann Wenzel Peter

Austrian painter (1745–1829)

*September 9th, 1745, Karlsbad (Baden) †December 28th, 1829, Rome

68

Gottfried Erich Rosenthal

German mathematician, naturalist and civil servant

*February 13th, 1745, Nordhausen †May 26th, 1813, Nordhausen

72

Barbara Schulthess

Swiss author

*October 5th, 1745, Zürich †April 12th, 1818, Zürich

35

Johann Anton Güldenstädt

Baltic German scientist (1745-1781)

*April 26th, 1745, Riga †March 23rd, 1781, Saint Petersburg

65

Jean-Baptiste Huet

French painter and textile designer (1745-1811)

*October 15th, 1745, Paris †August 27th, 1811, Paris

51

Domenico Pozzi

Swiss artist (1745-1796)

*August 3rd, 1745, Bruzella †November 2nd, 1796, Riva San Vitale

53

William Dawes

American militiaman (1745-1799)

*April 6th, 1745, Boston †February 25th, 1799, Marlborough

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1745 is a normal year and no leap year.

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