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Famous People Who Died in September 1820

  • Sep 2 Jiaqing [Yongyan], 5th Emperor of Qing Dynasty (1796-1820), dies at 59
  • Sep 3 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American architect (completed U.S. Capitol), dies at 56
  • Sep 7 Court Lambertus van Beyma, Frisian regent and leader of the Frisian patriots, dies at 67
  • Sep 17 Henri Hamal, Belgian composer, dies at 76
  • Sep 21 Joseph Rodman Drake, American poet (American Flag), dies of consumption at 25

Daniel Boone (1734-1820)

Sep 26 American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), dies at 85