Curated category
1820 births
- Susan B. AnthonySusan Anthony was born on the 15th of February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Her father Daniel Anthony and mother Lucy Read raised seven children within a…
- Victor Emmanuel IIVictor Emmanuel was born in Palazzo Carignano, Turin on the 14th of March 1820. He entered the world as the eldest son of Carlo Alberto Prince of Carignano…
- Friedrich EngelsFriedrich Engels was born on the 28th of November 1820 in Barmen, Prussia. He grew up in a house surrounded by factories and workers' tenements within the…
- William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman entered the world on the 8th of February 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. His father Charles Robert Sherman was a lawyer and justice on the…
- Earl Van DornEarl Van Dorn entered the United States Military Academy in 1838. He graduated in 1842 with a low rank of 52nd out of 68 cadets.
- George Templeton StrongGeorge Templeton Strong entered the world at 50 Franklin Street in New York City on the 26th of January 1820. His family background placed him within the…
- Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale was born on the 12th of May 1820 at the Villa Colombaia in Florence, Tuscany, and was named after the city of her birth.
- Lorenz FrølichLorenz Frølich entered the world on the 25th of October 1820 within a wealthy bourgeois family in Copenhagen. His father Johan Jacob Frølich ran a successful…
- John TyndallJohn Tyndall was born on the 2nd of August 1820 in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow. His father worked as a local police constable and descended from emigrants…
- Afanasy FetAfanasy Fet was born on the 5th of December 1820 to Afanasy Shenshin and Charlotte Becker. His father was a forty-four-year-old Russian landlord from Mtsensk…