Historical Events In June - 20

1763  Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist on this day in history.   

1779  Battle of Stone Ferry on June - 20.   

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol on June - 20.   

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol on June - 20.   

1787  Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States on June - 20.   

1787  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 on June - 20.   

1789  On this day in history oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken   

1789  On this day in history oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken   

1791  On this day in history king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution   

1793  Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent on June - 20.   

1793  Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin on June - 20.   

1819  Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) on June - 20.   

1819  320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) on this day in history.   

1819  Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) on June - 20.   

1823  On June - 20 jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1824  George E Street, British (?) architect on this day in history.   

1825  Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon on June - 20.   

1826  Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty on this day in history.   

1833  Leon-J-F Bonnat, painter on this day in history.   

1833  On June - 20 philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44   

1837  England issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901   

1837  England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89   

1840  Samuel Morse patents his telegraph on June - 20.   

1842  Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67   

1852  On June - 20 theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20]   

1855  On June - 20 commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

1858  Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits) on this day in history.   

1861  Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer on June - 20.   

1862  Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated on this day in history.   

1863  On June - 20 first bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)   

1863  On June - 20 west Virginia admitted as 35th US state   

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1005  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1389  On June - 20 birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)   

1566  On this day in history birth of sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden   

1583  On June - 20 birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)   

1585  On June - 20 birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer   

1615  On June - 20 birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

1634  On June - 20 birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)   

1642  George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) was born on this day in history.   

0451  On this day in history death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths   

0840  Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies on June - 20.   

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on this day in history.   

1585  Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on this day in history.   

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on this day in history.   

1668  On June - 20 death of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)   

1751  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 on this day in history.