Page 2: Historical Events In June - 13
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
1763 Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil. 

1765 Anton Eberl, composer 

1773 Thomas Young, British philologist/physician (light interference) 

1774 Rhode Island is recorded as becoming inaugural colony to prohibit importation of slaves 

1774 Rhode Island is recorded as becoming 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves 

1775 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, composer. 

1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US 

1777 Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit. 

1786 Winfield Scott, army general (Union)/presidential candidate. 

1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington. 

1790 Jose Antonio Peez, president of Venezuela. 

1792 King Louis XVI fires French government 

1795 Thomas Arnold, English educator/historian (History of Rome) 

1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California. 

1806 Bernard ter Haar, Dutch vicar/poet/church historian. 

1809 George Philip St Cooke, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895. 

1810 J G Seume, writer, dies at 47. 

1820 WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral. 

1821 Albert, duc de Broglie, France, premier (1873-74, 1977) 

1821 [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, minister of finance/patriot, dies at 55. 

1823 Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900. 

1824 Julius Eichberg, composer 

1825 Walter Hunt patents safety pin. 

1825 Benjamin Jefferson Hill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1880 

1825 Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor, dies at 82. 

1828 Simon BolÃvar proclaimed dictator 

1829 Antonio Zamara, composer 

1831 James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist is born 

1831 James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (electromagnetic theory). 

1837 inaugural Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio. 

1837 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio 

1839 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer, dies at 66 

1854 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine). 

1855 Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) 

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