Page 2: Historical Events In July - 20

1732  Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51 on July - 20.   

1738  North America: French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan on July - 20.   

1744  On July - 20 henri Hamal, composer   

1749  On July - 20 earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds"   

1752  On July - 20 john C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85   

1761  Joseph Lefebvre, composer on this day in history.   

1762  Jakob Haibel, composer on July - 20.   

1762  On July - 20 christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies   

1766  Thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat on July - 20.   

1766  On July - 20 isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies   

1773  On this day in history scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)   

1779  On July - 20 ignaz Schuster, composer   

1785  On July - 20 mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer   

1793  Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski) on this day in history.   

1796  Edward Hodges, composer on this day in history.   

1801  On July - 20 elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm   

1803  Jakob Zeugheer, composer on this day in history.   

1804  On July - 20 richard Owen, British zoologist   

1806  John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian) on this day in history.   

1808  Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names on July - 20.   

1808  On this day in history francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66   

1810  On July - 20 colombia declared independence from Spain   

1810  On July - 20 colombia declares independence from Spain   

1811  On July - 20 james Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica)   

1814  On July - 20 ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist   

1816  William Bowman, English anatomist on this day in history.   

1819  On July - 20 paul Henrion, composer   

1819  On this day in history john Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies   

1824  On July - 20 alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussia, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1824  Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies on July - 20.   

1825  On July - 20 joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58   

1836  Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart)   

1837  On July - 20 hans Sommer, composer   

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0810  Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870) was born on July - 20.   

1304  On this day in history birth of francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)   

1513  On this day in history birth of gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general   

1519  Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591) was born on this day in history.   

1537  Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1600  Simon Ives, composer was born on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history birth of hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)   

1663  On July - 20 birth of pierre Drevet, French engraver   

0833  Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63 on this day in history.   

0985  On this day in history death of pope Boniface VII   

1031  On this day in history robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies   

1156  Death of Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103) on this day in history.   

1160  On this day in history death of peter Lombard, French theologian   

1201  On July - 20 agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18]   

1320  On July - 20 death of king Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)   

1322  Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies on July - 20.