1820

Friedrich Engels (German social philosopher, Karl Marx’s collaborator)

Florence Nightingale (Founder of Modern Nursing)

Alexander Cartwright (Sportsman)

Susan B. Anthony (Civil Rights leader and Feminist)

General William Tecumseh Sherman (Union General during Civil War)

Thomas “Doc” Durant (American financier and railroad promoter)

Captain Nathanial Palmer discovered Antarctica.

The Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek Island of Milos.

Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris, beginning his “Hundred Days” rule.

Maine became the 23rd state.

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