Timeline June 1820

Events in June 1820 2

• 1743 – 1820 Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Died 19 June 1820, aged 77 Banks was an English naturalist who sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour voyage and later served more than four decades as president of the Royal Society. He helped establish Kew Gardens as a center of botanical research.
• 1820 Ottoman Sultan declares Ali Pasha of Ioannina an outlaw Siege of Ioannina begins, a prelude to Greek independence Sultan Mahmud II moved against his overmighty governor Ali Pasha of Tepelena, stripping him of his titles and sending an army to besiege his stronghold at Ioannina. The prolonged campaign diverted Ottoman forces and helped create conditions for the Greek uprising the following year.