About the day » Monday May 20, 1754Calender converter

• Charlotte Elisabeth Constance van Medem, Skaistkalne, Semgallen, Letland († 1833)
• Etienne Joseph HONTOIR, Jambes, 92067, Namur, Belgique
• Enos Tyson († 1812)
• "Elisabeth" Charlotte Constanzia von Medem, Skaistkalne, Bauska, Lettonie († 1833)
• barthélémy DORGE, Elouges (Belgium) Hainaut († 1796)
• Arnoldus Matthias Bernardinus Knoren, Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Franciscus (Francis) Hendriks Coppens, Lieshout, Nederland († 1805)
• Ariaan de Wit, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Gijsberta Marcusdr de Winter, Oegsgeest
• Deeltje Jans, Leggeloo (bij Dwingeloo) († 1823)

• Dympna MERTENS (59), Geel
• Dymphna Mertens (59), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Agnes Frijns (71), Gulpen,, Limburg, Nederland
• jean baptiste MERCIER (45), Pâturages (Belgium) Hainaut
• Henricus Willem LAERMANS (79), Boechout,2530,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Franz Wunderlich (0), Rüppershausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jacquelina Cornelia van Assendelft (71), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Joannes Labrouwier, Tongerlo (Limb.)
• Armand Jean Rouvroy (55)
• Kuijper, Den Helder

• 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)

• 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
• May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• July 3 » French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.

The temperature on May 20, 1754 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.