Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20

1763  On this day in history theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist   

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  On this day in history congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol   

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

1787  On June - 20 carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63   

1789  Oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken on June - 20.   

1789  Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken on this day in history.   

1791  King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution on June - 20.   

1793  Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent on this day in history.   

1793  On June - 20 eli Whitney patents his cotton gin   

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

1819  On June - 20 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

1819  Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1824  George E Street, British (?) architect on June - 20.   

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

1826  On this day in history siam/England sign trade/peace treaty   

1833  On this day in history leon-J-F Bonnat, painter   

1833  On this day in history philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44   

1837  On June - 20 england issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria   

1837  Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 on June - 20.   

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

1837  Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1840  On June - 20 samuel Morse patents his telegraph   

1842  On this day in history michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60   

1846  Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 on June - 20.   

1852  Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20] on this day in history.   

1855  Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin on this day in history.   

1858  On June - 20 medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)   

1861  Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.   

1863  First bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa) on June - 20.   

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

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1005  On this day in history birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)   

1389  John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on June - 20.   

1566  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on June - 20.   

1583  Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On June - 20 birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer   

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

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)   

0451  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on June - 20.   

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 June - 20.   

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on June - 20.   

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on this day in history.   

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