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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1820
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| January 11, 1820 |
Great Savannah Fire - helped by a high wind, fire destroyed most of the downtown area. When the fire reached Ellis Square it touched off gunpowder, spreading the fire throughout the city.
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| February 8, 1820 |
William Tecumseh Sherman is born, Lancaster, Ohio
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| March 22, 1820 |
Stephen Decatur dies, Washington, D. C. from wounds received during a duel with Commodore James Barron at Bladensburg, Maryland
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Stephen Decatur
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| April 28, 1820 |
Adviced that Dr. Greene, a surveyor appointed the previous year might not be very skilled, Governor John Clark appoints Col. James D. Watson to mark a new Georgia-Florida boundary that is "more accurate."
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| June 29, 1820 |
George III, who ruled England during the American Revolution, dies. He had relinquished his duties as king of England to his son, King George IV, in 1811 because of extended illness.
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| July 9, 1820 |
William Wyatt Bibb dies, near Coosada Station, Alabama
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William Wyatt Bibb |
| July 14, 1820 |
Stephen Harriman Long names and makes the first ascent to the top of Pike's Peak (now Colorado) |
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Zebulon Pike |
| December 4, 1820 |
The Alabama State Legislature renames Cahaba County, Alabama to Bibb County.
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William Wyatt Bibb |
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