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Friday, 18 July 2025

1639  Dorchester, Massachusetts funds the first school in the US from local taxes on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1639  Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1648  Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1650  On May - 20 francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1669  Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1690  On May - 20 england passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1704  On this day in history elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1704  Elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1734  The first Jockey Club forms in South Carolina on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1734  On May - 20 1st Jockey Club forms in SC  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1750  Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during War of 1812 on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1751  Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1754  Hans Gram, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1759  On May - 20 william Thornton, architect (Capitol building, Wash DC)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1764  J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1768  On May - 20 dolley Dandridge Payne Madison, 1st lady (1809-17)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1772  On May - 20 william Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1774  On this day in history britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1774  Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1775  Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1775  On this day in history citizens of Mecklenburg County, NC declare independence of Britain  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1782  On May - 20 carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1784  England & Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1795  On May - 20 ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1806  John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1818  William George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1822  Emile Erckmann, [E-Chatrian], French writer (Waterloo) on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1825  On this day in history charles X becomes King of France  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1825  Antoinette Brown Blackwell, clergy (1st ordained US female minister) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On this day in history james William Reilly, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1830  The first railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1830  1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1830  On this day in history amalia MdGA, princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach/wife of prince Henry  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1315  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1470  On May - 20 birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1537  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1593  On May - 20 birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 20

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on May - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1285  On this day in history death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1444  On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1471  On this day in history henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1503  On May - 20 death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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