What Happened In March 1820 - Historical Events 1820 March

Historical Events for March, 1820

3rd » The United States Congress or U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
6th » The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union (American Civil War) or Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state (United States) called free state, and make
15th » Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.

2nd » Multatuli, Dutch author (d. 1887)
4th » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian rebel leader (d. 1856)
9th » Samuel Blatchford, American jurist (d. 1893)
14th » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (d. 1878)
17th » Jean Ingelow, English poet (d. 1897)
24th » A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)
24th » Fanny Crosby, American composer and songwriter (d. 1915)
27th » Edward Augustus Inglefield, English admiral and explorer (d. 1894)
27th » Elias David Sassoon, Iraqi-Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1880)
30th » Anna Sewell, English author (d. 1878)

11th » Benjamin West, English-American painter (b. 1738)
12th » Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) called Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish explorer (b. 1764)
15th » Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest and saint (b. 1751)
22nd » Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)