Historical Events In June - 20

1763  On June - 20 theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist   

1779  On this day in history battle of Stone Ferry   

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol   

1787  On June - 20 oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.   

1787  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63   

1789  Oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken on June - 20.   

1789  On June - 20 oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken   

1791  On this day in history king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution   

1793  On June - 20 eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent   

1793  On this day in history eli Whitney patents his cotton gin   

1819  Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) on June - 20.   

1819  320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) on this day in history.   

1819  Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1824  George E Street, British (?) architect on this day in history.   

1825  On June - 20 coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon   

1826  Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history leon-J-F Bonnat, painter   

1833  Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1837  On June - 20 england issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria   

1837  On June - 20 queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901   

1837  England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on June - 20.   

1837  On June - 20 giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89   

1840  Samuel Morse patents his telegraph on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60   

1846  Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 on June - 20.   

1852  Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20] on June - 20.   

1855  On this day in history commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

1858  Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits) on June - 20.   

1861  Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer on this day in history.   

1862  On June - 20 barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.   

1863  First bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa) on June - 20.   

1863  On this day in history west Virginia admitted as 35th US state   

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1005  On this day in history birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)   

1389  On June - 20 birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)   

1566  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on this day in history.   

1583  On June - 20 birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)   

1585  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1615  On June - 20 birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on June - 20.   

1642  On June - 20 birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)   

0451  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on this day in history.   

0840  On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies   

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on June - 20.   

1585  Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52 on June - 20.   

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on June - 20.   

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on June - 20.   

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on June - 20.   

1751  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 on this day in history.