1820
Appearance
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 18th century–19th century–20th century |
Decades: | 1790s1800s1810s–1820s–1830s1840s1850s |
Years: | 181718181819–1820–182118221823 |
1820(MDCCCXX) was aleap yearstarting on Saturdayin theGregorian calendarand aleap year starting on Thursdayin theJulian calendar.
Events
[change|change source]- Venus de Milodiscovered.
- Hans Christian Ørsteddiscovers the relationship betweenelectricityandmagnetism.
Births
[change|change source]- March 22–John Brown,English cricketer (died1893)
- May 12–Florence Nightingale,Italian-born English nurse (died1910)
- date unknown
- Anne Bronte,English novelist (died1849)
- KingVictor Emmanuel II of Italy(died1873)
- Joseph Whitaker,English publisher (died1896)