Historical Events Happened In September - 20

1832  On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer  

1833  Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907)  

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

1839  1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem) on September - 20.  

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

1842  On this day in history james Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)  

1846  On September - 20 agnes Tyrrell, composer  

1847  On September - 20 sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary)  

1848  The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created on September - 20.  

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1850  Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue on September - 20.  

1852  Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro) on September - 20.  

1854  On this day in history british and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea  

1854  Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died on September - 20.  

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

1859  George Simpson patents electric range on September - 20.  

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

1861  Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union on September - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1865  On this day in history lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist  

1865  William H Revere Jr, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

1866  Gustave Doret, composer on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history 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  Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo on September - 20.  

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

1873  On September - 20 panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal  

1873  Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open on this day in history.  

1873  On September - 20 lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies  

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1486  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer  

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

1706  On this day in history birth of franz Habermann, composer  

1744  Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater) was born on September - 20.  

1168  On this day in history paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies  

1246  On this day in history death of mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev  

1384  Death of Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne on this day in history.  

1460  On this day in history death of gilles Binchois, Flemish composer  

1493  Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.  

1586  On September - 20 death of anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24  

1590  Death of Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534) on this day in history.  

1613  Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies on this day in history.