8 February 1820Birth of William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman
Birth of William Tecumseh Sherman
Historical records for United States of America in 1820, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Birth of William Tecumseh Sherman
Sights Antarctic land near the peninsula from the sloop Hero, becoming one of the first Americans to report the continent
The President & the Senate will appoint Government offices every 4 yrs. Put through Congress by William Crawford. Constitutional changs are put through Congress by William Crawford
The President & the Senate are to appoint Government offices every 4 yrs
Colonel David Jewett, an American sailor at the service of Buenos Aires and captain of the frigate Heroina, raises the flag of the United Provinces of the River Plate (which later became Argentina) at Port Louis.
When Argentina declares its independence from Spain in 1816, it laid claim to the islands according to the uti possidetis juris principle, since they had been under the administrative jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata.
Colonel David Jewett, an American sailor at the service of Buenos Aires and captain of the frigate Heroina, raises the flag of the United Provinces of the River Plate (which later became Argentina) at Port Louis
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