Historical Events For September - 20

1832  On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer  

1833  Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires on September - 20.  

1833  Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907) on September - 20.  

1835  On this day in history farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.  

1839  On this day in history 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)  

1839  On this day in history jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74  

1842  On September - 20 james Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)  

1846  On this day in history agnes Tyrrell, composer  

1847  Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary) on September - 20.  

1848  On this day in history the American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.  

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1850  On September - 20 slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue  

1852  Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro) on this day in history.  

1854  British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea on this day in history.  

1854  On September - 20 battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died  

1859  Patent granted on the electric range on September - 20.  

1859  On this day in history george Simpson patents electric range  

1859  On September - 20 yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator  

1860  First British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) on September - 20.  

1860  1st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) on this day in history.  

1861  On September - 20 battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union  

1863  Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, Tenn, ends on September - 20.  

1863  Battle of Shepardstown VA on this day in history.  

1863  Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33 on September - 20.  

1865  Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist on this day in history.  

1865  On September - 20 william H Revere Jr, US Union brig-general, dies  

1866  Gustave Doret, composer on September - 20.  

1869  On September - 20 george Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic  

1870  Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French on this day in history.  

1871  Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo  

1873  Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) on this day in history.  

1873  Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open  

1873  Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies on this day in history.  

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1486  On September - 20 birth of arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502)  

1593  On September - 20 birth of gottfried Scheidt, composer  

1599  On September - 20 birth of christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)  

1653  Benedict Schultheiss, composer was born on September - 20.  

1663  Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer was born on September - 20.  

1665  Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer was born on this day in history.  

1706  On September - 20 birth of franz Habermann, composer  

1744  On this day in history birth of giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)  

1168  Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies on this day in history.  

1246  On September - 20 death of mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev  

1384  On this day in history death of louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne  

1460  Death of Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer on this day in history.  

1493  Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies on September - 20.  

1586  On this day in history death of anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24  

1590  On this day in history death of lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)  

1613  Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies on September - 20.