20. August
of the 20. August is the 232. Day of the Gregorian calendar (the 233. in leap years), thus 133 days up to the year end remain.
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of events 20. August
- ,636: In the battle at the Jarmuk the Byzantiner is subject to the Arabs. End of the Byzantine rule in the Near East
- 1400: Dissatisfied with the development in the holy Roman realmGerman nation and the inactivity of the acting king the cure princes king Wenzel set off and select instead Ruprecht III. of the Pfalz
- 1794: In the battle of traps Timbers strike the troops of the United States an alliance of Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Delaware and Mingo, those by the Shawnee chieftain Weyapiersenwah are stated
- 1893: In Switzerland a people initiative is accepted for the abolishment of the Schächtens.
- 1898: The fermenting suppl. advice course takes the enterprise on
- 1940: Assassination attempt on Leo Trotzki by Ramón noticing vein. Trotzki dies on the day following on it
- 1942: Roland Freisler becomes as successors the realm Minister of Justice of the appointed Otto George Thierack president of the people's court
- 1960: As former French colony Senegal becomes finally independently of France
- 1968: At the night of 20. on the 21. Armies of the Warsaw Pact states Czechoslovakia occupy and terminate August so the Prager spring
- 1973: A Putschversuch in Laos fails
- 1980: Reinhold Messner defeats asfirst mountain climber the Mount Everest in the single-handed attempt and without oxygen equipment
- 1988: Earthquake of the strength 6.6 in Nepal and India, approx. 1.450 dead ones
- 1988: With an armistice between Iran and the Iraq the first Gulf War ends
- 1991: Estonia explains its independence from the Soviet Union
- 1998: Operation „Infinite Reach “: As retaliation for the bomb attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania the US Air Force attacks surprisingly goals in Afghanistan and the Sudan . In Afghanistan is a baseby terrorists attacked, in the Sudan a chemical weapons plant, in allegedly chemical weapons were manufactured
science and technology
- the 1975: Start of NASA Mars probe Viking 1
- 1977: Start of the American space probe Voyager 2, which to9. July 1979 Jupiter, to 25. August 1981 Saturn, to 24. January 1986 Uranus and to 25. August 1989 Neptun will visit
culture
- 1527 - on this day Augsburger Märtyrersynode began; it lasted up to 24. August.
- 1730: Premiere of the opera The Generous Free Mason of Henry Carey in London
- 1851: Premiere of the romantic opera Aurelia, duchess of Bulgaria von Conradin Kreutzer in Kassel
- 1857: The French poet Charles Baudelaire becomes because of„Offense of the public moral and the good customs “to a fine condemns
- 1882: Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowskis 1812 Ouvertüre in Moscow uraufgeführt
- 1972: in Los Angeles the music festival Wattstax finds instead of
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sport
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born
- 1086: Boleslaw III., Duke of Poland
- 1517: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Spanish cardinal and Minister
- 1600: Jacopo Peri, Italian composer
- 1710: Thomas Simpson, English mathematician
- 1752: Friederike Caroline Luise of Hessen darmstadt, daughter by George William of Hessen Darmstadt
- 1778: Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean independence fighter and of Chile first head of state
- 1779: Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist
- 1796: Armand Jacques Achille Leroy de Saint Arnaud, French general and statesman
- 1796: Wenzel Babinsky, böhmischer robber
- 1798: Paul Wilhelm Eduard sprinkler, Austrian architect
- 1799: Heinrich of Gagern, liberals of German politicians at present the civil March revolution
- 1817: Cölestin Joseph Ganglbauer, archbishop of Vienna
- 1827: Charles De Coster, Belgian writer
- 1827: Josef bunch, Austrian composer and conductor
- 1833: Benjamin Harrison,US-American politician (23. US president)
- 1847: Boleslaw Prus, Polish writer
- 1858: Fritz Skowronnek, German journalist and writer
- 1860: Raymond Poincaré, French politician
- 1867: Rohan Koda, Japanese writer
- 1873: Eugen narrow brook, GermanEconomist
- 1883: Robert teach, German politician, joint founder of the CDU, MdB, Federal Minister of the Interior 1950-1953
- 1884: Rudolf Bultmann, German theologian
- 1886: Paul Tillich, US-amerikanischer theologian
- 1889: William August Flitner, German philosopher and paedagogue
- 1890: Howard Phillips Lovecraft, US-American writer
- 1890: Cees ten Cate, Netherlands football player
- 1898: Many helmet mobilization suppl., Swedish writer
- 1899: Johannes Lilje, German theologian, art historian and national bishop
- 1901: Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet
- 1905: Jack Teagarden, US-American musician
- 1909: Olga Nikolajewna Rubzowa, Russian Schachspielerin
- 1910: Otto Piltz, German painter
- 1910: Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect and designer
- 1915: Hans Quest, German actor
- 1916: Paul FelixSchmidt, estnisch German chess master
- 1916: Smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Stücklen, German CDU politician, MdB, post office Minister 1957-1966, President of the Bundestag 1979-1983
- 1918: Jacqueline Susann, US-American authoress
- 1924: Ernst Breit, German politician, 1982-90 chairmen German trade union federation
- of the 1924: Jim Reeves, US AmericanCountry singer
- 1928: Luciano De Crescenzo, Italian writer
- 1930: January Olszewski, Polish politician
- 1931: Don King, US-American Boxpromoter
- 1931: Heinz Oberbeck, German athlete
- 1931: Bernd cup, German photographer
- 1934: SneakyPete Kleinow, US-American Country musician
- 1936: Alice and inches Kessler, German Entertainerinnen (Kessler twins)
- 1937: Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian director (brother of Nikita Michalkow)
- 1939: Fernando Poe Jr., Philippine presidency candidate and film star
- 1940: John Lantree, US-American musician
- 1941: Hannelore Hoger, German actress
- 1941: Slobodan Milošević, former president of Serbia, former president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- 1942: Isaac Hayes, US-American musician, singer and Songschreiber
- 1942: Bernd can mountain, German athleteand olympia participants
- 1944: Rajiv Gandhi, Indian prime minister
- 1945: Jürgen Heinrich, German actor
- 1946: Ralf Hütter, German musician („power station “)
- 1946: Hans Meiser, German TV-moderator
- 1946: Gudrun Schaich Walch, German politician, SPD MdB since1990
- 1947: Jim Pankow, US-American musician
- 1947: Alan Lee, British Illustrator and film designer
- 1948: Robert plans, British singer („LED Zeppelin “)
- 1948: Bernhard Russi, Swiss ski driver
- 1950: Petra Vogt, German light athlete
- 1951: Phil Lynott, Irish musician, singer and Songschreiber („Thin Lizzy “)
- 1951: Kalle Pohl, German Comedian
- 1952: John Hiatt, US-amerikanischer Country-Sänger und Songwriter
- 1952: Doug Fieger, US-American musician, singer and Songschreiber
- 1954: Barry Johnson, British musician
- 1955: Gary Lalonde, Canadian musician
- 1955: Mike McKenzie, British musician
- 1957: Leslie Knauer, US-American singer
- 1960: Wolfgang Jordan, German lawyer
- 1961: Maren winter, German authoress
- 1962: James Marsters, US-American actor and musician
- 1966: Dimebag Darrell, Thrash Metal guitarist („Pantera “)
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- ,984: Johannes XIV., Pope from 983 to 984
- 1025: Burchard of Worms, bishop andKirchenrechtler
- 1153: Bernhard von Clairvaux, medieval abbott, Kreuzzugsprediger and Mystiker
- 1396: Marsilius of Inghen, medieval logician and philosopher
- 1471: Borso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, Modena
- 1528: George von Frundsberg, German soldier andLand farmhand leader
- 1607: William Zepper, reformed theologian
- 1621: Rudolf of notion Zerbst, prince of notion
- 1639: Jakob conventional man, German dramatist
- 1639: Martin Opitz, German baroque poet
- 1672: Johan de Witt, Netherlands statesman
- 1672: Cornelis de Witt, Netherlands politician
- 1711: Louis François de Boufflers, French field gentleman and marshal of France
- 1804: Charles Floyd, US-American discoverer, member of the Lewis and Clark expedition
- 1823: Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher
- 1823: Pius VII., Pope from 1800 to 1823
- 1834: Johann Jakob Humann, bishop of Mainz
- 1854: Friedrich William Joseph of Schelling, German philosopher
- 1862: Eduard Pistorius, German category painter and Radierer
- 1882: Fjodor PetrowitschLütke, Russian naval officer and writer
- 1890: Nicolás Ruiz Espadero, Cuban pianist and composer
- 1891: Franz Friedrich Ernst Brünnow, German astronomer
- 1905: Franz Reuleaux, German engineer
- 1910: August Robert Wolff, Warsaw publisherand booksellers
- 1912: Jozef Samaša, archbishop of Eger and cardinal
- 1912: William Booth, founder and first general of the welfare army
- 1914: Pius X., Pope from 1903 to 1914
- 1915: Paul Ehrlich, German chemist,Physician and Serologe
- 1917: Johann Friedrich William Adolf of Baeyer, German chemist and Nobelpreisträger
- 1927: Enrique Reig y Casanova, archbishop of Toledo and cardinal
- 1932: Paul Keller, schlesischer journalist and writer
- 1942: Rudolf play man, Austrian chess large master
- 1944: Hans Fischinger, German film director
- 1945: Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer and journalist
- 1952: Briefly Schumacher, German politician, party chairman
- 1959: Alfreds Kubin, Austrian commercial artist and Buchillustrator
- 1959: William Frederick Halsey, US-American admiral
- 1961: Percy Williams Bridgman, US-American physicist, Nobelpreisträger
- 1963: Heinrich Gerns, German politician and MdB
- 1965: Odile Defraye, Belgian wheel running driver
- 1980: Joe Dassin, French singer
- 1982: Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress
- 1990: Rudolf Gellesch, German football player
- 1990: Werner Lansburgh, German writer and journalist
- 1995: Hugo Pratt, Italian Comic author
- 1996: Rio Reiser, German rock musician
- 2001: Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and mathematician
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of celebration and anniversaries
- national holiday Seborga
- Hungary: National holiday, celebration of the state founder and first Hungarian king, the holy Stephan I.
See also: Historical anniversaries, time scale
