Births on March 27

Edward Augustus Inglefield

Born on March 27, 1820

Edward Augustus Inglefield, English admiral and explorer (d. 1894)

Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (27 March 1820 – 4 September 1894) was a Royal Navy officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and Lancaster Sound.

He was also the inventor of the marine hydraulic steering gear and the anchor design that bears his name. HMS Inglefield bears his name, as do the Inglefield Land region and the Inglefield Gulf of Greenland.

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Events on 1820

6 Feb

American Colonization Society
The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society depart New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
3 Mar

Missouri Compromise
The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
6 Mar

Louisiana Purchase
The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
24 Aug

History of Portugal
Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
15 Sep

Lisbon
Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.

Births on March 27

Edward Augustus Inglefield

Born on March 27, 1820

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Events on 1820

American Colonization Society

Missouri Compromise

Louisiana Purchase

History of Portugal

Lisbon