December 20th, 1791

Born on December 20th, 1791

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1940

The superhero Captain America made his first published appearance in the comic book Captain America Comics #1.

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

Mandated by the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War, the NATO-led Implementation Force (troops pictured) began peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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, 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

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Who's birthday is on December 20th?

28

Irama

Italian singer-songwriter (1995-)

*December 20th, 1995, Carrara

87

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

US tennis and badminton player

*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill

34

Clarisse Crémer

French offshore sailor

*December 20th, 1989, Paris

25

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

*December 20th, 1998, 19th arrondissement of Paris

90

Ferdinand Buisson

French academic and politician (1841-1932)

*December 20th, 1841, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 16th, 1932, Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine

76

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italian singer (1947-)

*December 20th, 1947, Verona

63

Thomas Graham

Chemist (1805–1869)

*December 20th, 1805, Glasgow †September 11th, 1869, London

66

Pietro Raimondi

Italian composer (1786-1853)

*December 20th, 1786, Rome †October 30th, 1853, Rome

53

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet

French painter (1792-1845)

*December 20th, 1792, Paris †December 30th, 1845, Paris

82

Dora Montefiore

Suffragette, socialist, writer

*December 20th, 1851, Coulsdon †December 21st, 1933, Hastings

72

Wolfgang Güldenpfennig

East German rower

*December 20th, 1951, Magdeburg

40

Lucy Pinder

British actress and model

*December 20th, 1983, Winchester

90

Rik Van Looy

Belgian road racing cyclist

*December 20th, 1933, Grobbendonk

62

Albert Dufour-Féronce

German politician

*December 20th, 1798, Leipzig †November 12th, 1861, London

48

Ignacio Escolar

Spanish blogger and journalist

*December 20th, 1975, Burgos

44

Michael Rogers

Australian cyclist

*December 20th, 1979, Barham

87

Jean-Jacques-Caton Chenevière

Genevan theologian and politician (1783-1871)

*December 20th, 1783, Geneva †March 5th, 1871, Geneva

68

Martin Schulz

German politician

*December 20th, 1955, Hehlrath

49

Carlos Da Cruz

Road bicycle racer

*December 20th, 1974, Saint-Denis

62

Albert Dekker

American actor and politician (1905–1968)

*December 20th, 1905, Brooklyn †May 5th, 1968, Hollywood

Same year
Born in 1791

75

Michael Faraday

English scientist

*September 22nd, 1791, Newington Butts †August 25th, 1867, Hampton Court Palace

77

James Buchanan

President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*April 23rd, 1791, Cove Gap †June 1st, 1868, Lancaster

79

Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer (1791-1871)

*December 26th, 1791, London †October 18th, 1871, Marylebone

80

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

American inventor and painter (1791–1872)

*April 27th, 1791, Charlestown †April 2nd, 1872, New York City

69

Eugène Scribe

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

*December 24th, 1791, Paris †February 20th, 1861, Paris

81

Charles Knight

British publisher, editor and author

*March 15th, 1791, Windsor †March 9th, 1873, Addlestone

77

Ida von der Groeben

German writer (1791-1868)

*January 17th, 1791, Kwidzyn †March 4th, 1868, Hoheneck

73

Bernard Pierre Magnan

Marshal of France (1791-1865)

*December 7th, 1791, Paris †May 29th, 1865, Paris

66

Carl Czerny

Austrian composer and pianist (1791-1857)

*February 21st, 1791, Vienna †July 15th, 1857, Vienna

81

Franz Grillparzer

Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)

*January 15th, 1791, Vienna †January 21st, 1872, Vienna

72

Giacomo Meyerbeer

German-French composer

*September 5th, 1791, Tasdorf †May 2nd, 1864, Paris

76

Franz Bopp

German linguist (1791-1861)

*September 14th, 1791, Mainz †October 23rd, 1867, Berlin

32

Théodore Géricault

French painter (1791-1824)

*September 26th, 1791, Rouen †January 26th, 1824, Paris

65

Vincenzo Tineo

Italian botanist (1791-1856)

*February 27th, 1791, Palermo †July 25th, 1856, Palermo

56

Marie Louise I, Duchess of Parma

Empress Consort of France (1810–1814) and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1814-1847)

*December 12th, 1791, Vienna †December 17th, 1847, Parma

68

István Széchenyi

Hungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist

*September 21st, 1791, Vienna †April 8th, 1860, Döbling

76

Norman Williams

American politician (1791-1868)

*October 6th, 1791, Woodstock †January 12th, 1868, Woodstock

92

Peter Cooper

American politician and businessman (1791-1883)

*February 12th, 1791, New York City †April 4th, 1883, New York City

74

Henryk Rzewuski

Polish writer (1791-1866)

*May 3rd, 1791, Slavuta †February 28th, 1866, Chudniv

74

José Gutiérrez de la Vega

Spanish painter (1791-1865)

*December 26th, 1791, Seville †December 27th, 1865, Madrid

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1791 is a normal year and no leap year.

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