What is 1820?
{{Year nav|1820}} {{Year in various calendars|1820}} '''1820''' ([[Roman numerals|MDCCCXX]]) was a [[leap year]] [[Leap year starting on Saturday|starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == * [[Venus de Milo]] is discovered. * [[Hans Christian Ørsted]] discovers the relationship between [[electricity]] and [[magnetism]]. == Births == * [[March 22]] &ndash; [[John Brown (cricketer)|John Brown]], English cricketer (died [[1893]]) * [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Florence Nightingale]], Italian-born English nurse (died [[1910]]) * ''date unknown'' ** [[Anne Bronte]], English novelist (died [[1849]]) ** King [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy]] (died [[1873]]) ** [[Joseph Whitaker]], English publisher (died [[1896]]) == Deaths == *[[George III of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1738]]) *[[Daniel Boone]] (b. [[1734]]) == Books == * ''[[The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]]'' by [[Washington Irving]] [[Category:1820| ]]