May 20th, 1801

Born on May 20th, 1801

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What happened on May 20th?

May 20th, 2013

A tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, United States, killing 24 people and causing an estimated $2 billion of damage.

May 20th, 2012

The first of two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, resulting in seven deaths.

May 20th, 1983

uMkhonto we Sizwe, the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress, detonated a car bomb in Pretoria, resulting in 19 deaths and 217.

May 20th, 1965

While attempting to land at Cairo International Airport, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashed for unknown reasons, killing all but 6 of the 121 people on board.

May 20th, 1947

The first session of the National Diet opened in Tokyo, Japan.

May 20th, 1943

The Luttra Woman, a bog body from the Early Neolithic period, was discovered near Luttra, Sweden.

May 20th, 1941

World War II: German paratroopers began the Battle of Heraklion on the island of Crete, capturing the airfield and port in Heraklion ten days later.

May 20th, 1927

With the signing of the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of Ibn Saud over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia.

May 20th, 1875

Representatives from seventeen countries signed the Metre Convention, which set up an institute for the purpose of coordinating international metrology and for coordinating the development of the metric system.

May 20th, 1609

Thomas Thorpe published the first copies of Shakespeare's sonnets, possibly without William Shakespeare's consent.

May 20th, 0794

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia was beheaded on the orders of Offa of Mercia.

May 20th, 0685

The Picts defeated the Northumbrians at the Battle of Dun Nechtain, severely weakening the latter's power in northern Great Britain.

May 20th, 1515

Ulysses, who would be famously depicted in a posthumous woodcut, landed in Lisbon, becoming the first of his species to visit Europe in a thousand years.

May 20th, 1714

J. S. Bach led the first performance of his Pentecost cantata Erschallet, ihr Lieder at the chapel of Schloss Weimar.

May 20th, 0325

The First Council of Nicaea (depicted), the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church, was formally opened by Constantine the Great.

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

Same year
Born in 1801

92

Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer

German classical scholar, classical archaeologist and politician (1801-1894)

*October 23rd, 1801, Husum †January 8th, 1894, Kiel

68

Carl August von Steinheil

German physicist (1801-1870)

*October 12th, 1801, Ribeauvillé †September 14th, 1870, Munich

60

Johann Nestroy

Austrian playwright, actor and singer

*December 7th, 1801, Vienna †May 25th, 1862, Graz

51

Vincenzo Gioberti

Italian philosopher and politician (1801-1852)

*April 5th, 1801, Turin †October 26th, 1852, Paris

67

Joseph Mazilier

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 13th, 1801, Marseille †May 19th, 1868, 9th arrondissement of Paris

47

William Wakefield

Early New Zealand settler (1801–1848)

*August 8th, 1801, Essex †September 19th, 1848, Wellington

76

Brigham Young

American religious leader (1801–1877)

*June 1st, 1801, Whitingham †August 29th, 1877, Salt Lake City

81

Joseph Plateau

Belgian physicist (1801–1883)

*October 14th, 1801, City of Brussels †September 15th, 1883, Ghent

86

Gustav Fechner

German scientist (1801-1887)

*April 19th, 1801, Żarki Wielkie †November 18th, 1887, Leipzig

90

George Biddell Airy

English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892)

*July 27th, 1801, Alnwick †January 2nd, 1892, Greenwich

64

Fredrika Bremer

Swedish writer and feminist

*August 17th, 1801, Turku †December 31st, 1865, Österhaninge church parish

89

John Henry Newman

English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)

*February 21st, 1801, London †August 11th, 1890, Edgbaston

56

Johannes Peter Müller

German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist (1801-1858)

*July 14th, 1801, Koblenz †April 28th, 1858, Berlin

49

Albert Lortzing

German opera composer (1801-1851)

*October 23rd, 1801, Berlin †January 21st, 1851, Berlin

66

Julius Plücker

German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868)

*July 16th, 1801, Elberfeld †May 22nd, 1868, Bonn

69

Pierre Rambur

French physician and entomologist (1801-1870)

*July 21st, 1801, Ingrandes-de-Touraine †August 10th, 1870, Geneva

75

Antoine Augustin Cournot

French economist and mathematician (*1801 – †1877)

*August 28th, 1801, Gray †March 31st, 1877, Paris

120

Andrés de Santa Cruz

Supreme protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation

*December 5th, 1801, Puno †November 30th, 1922, Saint-Nazaire

68

Justo José de Urquiza

Argentine politician and military

*October 18th, 1801, Entre Ríos Province †April 11th, 1870, San José palace

81

Prince Charles of Prussia

Third son of Frederick William III of Prussia (1801–1883)

*June 29th, 1801, Charlottenburg Palace †January 21st, 1883, Berlin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1801 is a normal year and no leap year.

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