Rule of Gascony
Arrives in Bordeaux to concilliate Gascony
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August 20 in History
This permanent archive page contains 195 World History Database records for August 20, spanning 655 to 2023. Recorded topics include Death of Oswine; Battle of Bermule; Rule of Gascony.
Total: 195Events: 141Births: 13Deaths: 10Battles: 31Countries: 30
Events on August 20
Invasion of England
The Bishop of Durham was on his way from Newcastle with 2000 cavalry and 5000 infantry, they arrive at Ponteland, where they meet groups of men fleeing from battle, which forces the Scots to retire
Arrest of Thomas Howard
Arrested at Bosworth & kept at the Tower for 3 years by Henry VII
Mobilization
Henry VII joins up with Lord Stanley & his brother William Stanley
Mobilization
Henry VII joins up with Lord Stanley & his brother William Stanley
Marriage
Marries Anne of Denmark
Invasion of England
Crosses into England & begins the 2nd Bishops War
Invasion of England
Launches an invasion of North East England & reaches Durham
King Travels North
Charles leaves London to supervise the English war effort in northern England.
King Travels North
Charles leaves London to supervise the English war effort in northern England.
Scottish Invasion of England
The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.
Scottish Invasion of England
The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.
Translation to Canterbury
Receives royal assent for his translation to the archbishopric of Canterbury.
Capture of Narva
Four years after the first Battle of Narva, Peter I captures Narva
Reform of Government
Presents reform proposals to Louis XVI
Article by Article Rights Voting Begins
The Constituent Assembly begins voting on the declaration article by article.
Arrest of Napoleon I
Released in order to reinforce the army of Italy's General staff
Arrest of Napoleon I
Released in order to reinforce the army of Italy's General staff.
Arrival at Cadiz
Brings the combined fleet into Cadiz instead of the Channel.
Liberating Expedition of Peru
Supports the departure of the naval and military expedition intended to liberate Peru.
S Andromedae Observed
Observes the brilliant transient S Andromedae in M31, later recognized as a supernova and the first supernova recorded in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Discovery of Malaria
Discovers that malaria is spread by mosquitoes
Capture of Brussels
Germany captures Brussels
Capture of Brussels
Germany captures Brussels
Capture of Brussels
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
Eastern Front
The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire is the first major German offensive on the Eastern Front during the First World War
Eighth Army
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
Eighth Army
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
Eighth Army
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
First Army
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
First Army
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf). Francois persuades Prittwitz to launch an offensive against the Russian First Army while the Second Army was still far to the south
First Army
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
Invasion of Belgium
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
Invasion of France
Launches an attack on the French right
Invasion of Germany
Samsonovs Second Army starts to advance into East Prussia
Invasion of Lorraine
Castelnaus army is forced to retreat to Nancy
Invasion of Prussia
Rennenkampfs invasion of Prussia stops at Gumbinnen
Second Army
Francois persuades Prittwitz to launch an offensive against the Russian First Army while the Second Army was still far to the south
Second Army
Samsonovs Second Army starts to advance into East Prussia
Siege of Brussels
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
Siege of Nancy
Castelnaus army is forced to retreat to Nancy
Baghdad Railway Sabotage Landing
D'Oyly-Hughes swims ashore from E11 and damages the Constantinople-Baghdad railway line.
Yeomanry Reserve Concentrates behind Lala Baba
Peyton's yeomanry units move into reserve behind Lala Baba before the planned 21 August assault.
Negotiations with Kerensky
Relations with Kerensky deteriorate over power and military authority.
October Crisis
Kerensky develops his views through october crisis after 1917.
President of Chile
Takes acting presidential authority during the 1931 institutional crisis.
Conference of Imperial
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade. Final day of the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottowa
Economy of Great Britain
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade
Imperial Preference
The Imperial Conference decides in favor of limited Imperial preference in trade
ILO
The USA joins the Internation Labour Organisation
Forced Emigration Bureau Established
The office centralizes coercive procedures for Jewish emigration.
Vienna Central Office Opens
Opens the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna.
International Agreement
Poland refuses Russia passage, a precondition of an Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement. Hitler sends Stalin a telegram pressing for a pact
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Cables Stalin accepting the draft for the pact & urges ratification of the Treaty
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Invites Ribbentrop to Moscow for 23 August. Hitler cables Stalin accepting the draft NAZI-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Trade Agreement
It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement
Trade Agreement
It is anounced that Germany & Russia have concluded a commercial agreement
Trade Agreement at Berlin
Signs a trade agreement with Russia
Assassination of Leon Trotsky
Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick
Assassination of Leon Trotsky
Assassinated in Mexico City
Operation Sea Lion
Kesselring is ordered to concentrate his forces in the Pas de Calais
The Few Speech
Praises Fighter Command pilots in his speech on the Few.
Pure Plutonium Isolation
Seaborg isolates pure plutonium using a separation method suitable for development on an industrial scale.
Capture of River Seine
The Allies advance as far as the Seine, Hitler orders a retreat across the Seine
Invasion of Romania
The Ukranian Front advances into Romania
Peace
Organizes a truce in Paris between the Germans & the Resistance
Siege of Paris
The FFI occupy the Hotel de Ville, Paris town hall & at noon a truce is agreed
Speech
Makes his maiden speech in Parliament
Doctors Trial Sentence
Brandt received a death sentence after conviction in the Doctors Trial.
Economy of Great Britain
Dalton is forced to suspend the convertibility of the pound
Sterling Convertibility Suspension
The Government suspends sterling convertibility after rapid losses of dollar reserves.
Prime Minister of Iran
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, after 4 days of revolt following his dismissal
Coup
Mossadeq surrenders to General Zahedi
1st Nuclear Power Station
the first nuclear power generated in Britain is produced in Calder Hall
Nuclear Power
the first nuclear power generated in Britain is produced in Calder Hall
Signs for Celtic
Signs for Celtic as a seventeen-year-old after being identified as a major defensive prospect.
Celtic First-Team Debut
Makes his Celtic first-team debut against Clyde one year after signing for the club.
Independence of France
Senegal becomes independent
Independence of Senegal
Senegal becomes independent
Revolutionary Medicine Speech
Guevara addresses medical students and health workers on the social responsibilities of revolutionary medicine.
Soviet Exit Visa Paperwork
Lee and Marina submitted the numerous certificates, photographs, and forms required for Soviet permission to leave the country.
Economic Opportunity Act
Signs the Economic Opportunity Act, creating the Office of Economic Opportunity and major War on Poverty programmes.
Economic Opportunity Act
The Act creates programmes for job training, community action and poverty reduction.
Arrest of Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, is taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue
Detention of Czechoslovak Reform Leaders
Soviet forces detain Alexander Dubcek and other Czechoslovak reform leaders during the Warsaw Pact intervention.
German Occupation
Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist
German Occupation
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000.
German Occupation
The Dubcek reforms go too far for Russia and Russia invades. Russian troops and vehicles cross the Czech border at 18 points without any resistance
German Occupation
The occupation is followed by a wave of emigration, unseen before and stopped shortly after (estimate: 70,000 immediately, 300,000 in total), typically of highly qualified people.
German Occupation
The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces. The relaxation after the Prague Spring ends when 200,000 Soviet troops invade Czech.
Moscow Talks with Dubcek
Dubcek and other detained Czechoslovak leaders are taken to Moscow for negotiations with the Soviet leadership.
Prague Spring
Dubcek calls upon his people not to resist
Prague Spring
Dubcek, who had been arrested on the night of August 20, is taken to Moscow for negotiations, it was agreed that Dubcek would remain in office and that a program of moderate reform would continue.
Prague Spring
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000.
Prague Spring
The occupation is followed by a wave of emigration, unseen before and stopped shortly after (estimate: 70,000 immediately, 300,000 in total), typically of highly qualified people.
Prague Spring
The Soviet Press prints an unsigned request, allegedly by Czechoslovak party and state leaders, for immediate assistance, including assistance with armed forces
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
Appointed Prime Minister of Czech Rep
Reform of Government
Tries to introduce more contact with the west and socialism with a human face
Warsaw Pact
Eastern Bloc armies from 5 Warsaw Pact countries invaded the CSSR, Russian tanks ranging in number from 5,000 to 7,000 fill the streets, followed by Warsaw Pact troops ranging from 200,000 to 600,000
Warsaw Pact
Forms a Government after Warsaw Pact occupation
Rolling Stones, The
"Angie" is recorded in Jamaica, it reaches no 2 in the UK charts
Voyager 2 Launch
Voyager 2 launches first, beginning the twin-spacecraft exploration of the outer planets.
Voyager 2 Launch
Voyager 2 launches on the mission that will eventually perform humanity's first close reconnaissance of Neptune.
Gotta Serve Somebody
Releases Gotta Serve Somebody from Slow Train Coming.
Slow Train Coming
Releases Slow Train Coming during his gospel period.
Capital
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
International Declaration at Jerusalem
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
Rule of Jerusalem
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital
Lola
Directs Lola.
Second Neptune Ring Arc Detection
Sicardy helps obtain further occultation evidence confirming that Neptune possesses persistent ring arcs.
Peace
Subsequent talks at New York & Geneva make slow progress
Tyr
Sings on Tyr, continuing Black Sabbath's late-1980s and early-1990s Tony Martin era.
Coup
Russian troops defect to Yeltsin & the coup collapses
Coup
Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
Resignation of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
Accords of Oslo
Witnessed by Warren Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and Israels Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin with the PLOs Chairman Yasser Arafat
Accords of Oslo
Witnessed by Warren Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and Israels Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin with the PLOs Chairman Yasser Arafat
Declaration of Principles
Helps shepherd the secret Oslo channel that produces the draft Declaration of Principles before the Washington signing.
Declaration of Principles
Facilitates contacts in the secret Oslo process that leads to the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian self-government.
Oslo Accords
Supports the secret Oslo channel that produces the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles.
Palestinian Authority
Supports the secret Oslo channel that defines the Palestinian Authority as an interim self-government body.
Legislation
Signs the Minimum wage Increase Act
Al-Qaeda
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
Al-Qaeda
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
Bombing of Afghanistan
Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
Bombing of Afghanistan
The US launches missiles at suspected bin Laden bases in retaliation for the bombing of embassies in Africa. Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug
Bombing of US Embassies
The US retaliates against the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania with air strikes against alleged training camps in Sudan and Afghanistan
FSB
Named head of Russias FSB domestic intelligence agency
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Named head of Russias FSB domestic intelligence agency
Run Lola Run
Directs Run Lola Run, an international breakthrough for German cinema.
First International Appearance
Begins an international career that produces unprecedented appearance records.
Portugal Senior Debut
Makes his senior Portugal debut in a friendly against Kazakhstan.
Government Appointment
Tai participates in government appointment connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Government of National Unity
Diarra forms a broader government intended to restore national unity and constitutional order.
Olympic Gold Medal
Scores the decisive penalty in the Olympic final shootout.
Winning Penalty Against Germany
Secures Brazil's first men's Olympic football gold medal.
F-16 Coalition
Announces support for delivering F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine
F-16 Training
Announces Danish support for F-16 aircraft to Ukraine.
Netherlands F-16 Commitment
Welcomes the Netherlands' commitment to transfer F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine after training conditions are met.
Births on August 20
Birth of Charles Etienne Camus
Birth of Charles Etienne Camus
Birth of Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern
Birth of Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern, son of Hans Christoph Ernst, Baron von Gagern,a liberal statesman from Hesse
Birth of Benjamin Harrison
Birth of Benjamin Harrison
Birth of Bret Harte
Birth of Bret Harte
Birth of Raymond Poincare
Birth of Raymond Poincare, son of a middle class familly in Eastern France
Birth of Leonard Bernstein
Birth of Leonard Bernstein
Birth of George John Mitchell
Birth of George John Mitchell
Birth of David Anthony Dave Brock
Birth of David Anthony "Dave" Brock
Birth of Isaac Lee Hayes
Birth of Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr
Birth of Laurent Fabius
Birth of Laurent Fabius
Birth of Ralf Hutter
Birth of Ralf Hutter, later co-founder, keyboard player and principal voice of Kraftwerk.
Birth of Robert Anthony Plant
Birth of Robert Anthony Plant
Birth of Robert Plant
Birth of Robert Plant, later Led Zeppelin's singer and lyricist.
Deaths on August 20
Death of Oswine
Death of Oswine
Death of Herbert
Death of Edward Herbert
Death of Jules Laforgue
Death of Jules Laforgue
Death of William Booth
Death of William Booth
Death of Paul Ehrlich
Death of Paul Ehrlich, Nobel Prize winning bacteriologist
Death of Jaime Ramon Mercader del Rio Hernandez
Assassinates Leon Trotsky with an ice-pick
Death of Leon Trotsky
Death of Leon Trotsky, assassinated
Death of Bernard William Griffin
Death of Bernard William Griffin, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
Death of Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans
Death of Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans
Death of Fred Hoyle
Dies in Bournemouth after suffering strokes in later life.
Battles on August 20
Battle of Bermule
Defeats Louis VI who had been assisting the Norman rebels
Battle of Otterburn
The Bishop of Durham was on his way from Newcastle with 2000 cavalry and 5000 infantry, they arrive at Ponteland, where they meet groups of men fleeing from battle, which forces the Scots to retire
Battle of Otterburn
The Bishop of Durham was on his way from Newcastle with 2000 cavalry and 5000 infantry, they arrived at Ponteland where they met groups of men fleeing from the battlefield which demoralised them
Battle of Bosworth
Killed at the Battle of Bosworth
Battle of Bosworth
Captured during the Battle of Bosworth
Battle of Bosworth
Leaves from his military HQ for Leicester to do Battle with Henry Tudor
Battle of Narva, 2nd
Four years after the first Battle of Narva, Peter I captures Narva
Battle of Saragossa
Helps defeat Bourbon forces near Saragossa.
Battle of Passaro
A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
Battle of Passaro
A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
Battle of Passaro
Austria attempts to remove Spain from Italy & defeats the Spanish fleet. A British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeats a Spanish fleet of 26 men-of-war, 2 fireships, 4 bomb vessels, 7 galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral Jose Antonio de Gaztaeta
Battle of Churubusco
Santa Anna's forces suffer defeat at Churubusco after the American victory at Contreras
Battle of Contreras
Scott's army defeats Mexican forces at Contreras during the approach to Mexico City
Battle of Tzeki
Ward is mortally wounded. The Chinese merchants army of liberation under Ward wins 11 victories in 4 months
Battle of Belgium, 1st
Brussels is captured without resistance by General von Kluck of the First Army
Battle of Gumbinnen
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf)
Battle of Gumbinnen
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf). Francois persuades Prittwitz to launch an offensive against the Russian First Army while the Second Army was still far to the south
Battle of Gumbinnen
At the mercy of the German artillery the Russians are were forced to retreat 8 km in the early afternoon but the lines are stabilized when the Russian 29th Division arrived, and the battle turned into a stalemate
Battle of Gumbinnen
The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire is the first major German offensive on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Commands Commander-XVIII Corps.
Battle of Gumbinnen
The Eighth Army comprises four corps: I Corps (Hermann von Francois), XVII Corps (August von Mackensen), I Reserve Corps (Otto von Below), and XX Corps, plus one cavalry division, facing the Russian First Army (Paul von Rennenkampf).
Battle of Gumbinnen
At first the German advance went well, but faltered once they came under Russian artillery fire, and the Russians were able to turn their flanks and force them to retreat to the Insterburg-Angerburg lines, leaving 6,000 prisoners in Russian hands
Battle of Gumbinnen
At the mercy of the German artillery the Russians are were forced to retreat 8 km in the early afternoon but the lines are stabilized when the Russian 29th Division arrived, and the battle turned into a stalemate.
Battle of Gumbinnen
The Chief of Staff reacted by removing Prittwitz and his deputy Waldersee, replacing them with Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff. Prittwitz's panic partially affected Moltke, who now feared that Berlin itself could now be threatened by the advancing Russians.
Battle of Sarrebourg Service
Jodl serves with his artillery unit during the fighting around Sarrebourg.
Battle of Stalluponen
By the time he withdrew to Gumbinnen after this battle, his corps had inflicted 5,000 casualties and managed to capture about 3,000 Russian prisoners
Battle of Tannenberg
Samsonov runs into a German trap, 1st day of the Battle of Tannenberg
Battle of Khasan
Commands the 32nd Infantry Division against the Japanese
Battle of Khasan
Scores a notable victory over the Japanese
Battle of Khasan
Defeats the Japanese in their attempt to invade Mongolia
Battle of Nomonhan
Attacks the Japanese in what began as a series of border skirmishes in May
First Defensive Battle of the Don
Ravenna under Nebbia enters heavy fighting during the first major Soviet attacks against the Italian positions on the Don.