Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20

1763  On June - 20 theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist   

1779  On this day in history battle of Stone Ferry   

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

1782  On June - 20 congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol   

1787  Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1791  On June - 20 king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution   

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

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

1819  On June - 20 savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

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

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

1823  Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1824  On June - 20 george E Street, British (?) architect   

1825  On this day in history coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon   

1826  On June - 20 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  England issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

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 June - 20.   

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

1840  Samuel Morse patents his telegraph on June - 20.   

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 June - 20.   

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

1858  Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits) on June - 20.   

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  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  On June - 20 birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)   

1389  John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On June - 20 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 this day in history birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer   

1615  On this day in history birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

1634  On this day in history 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  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on this day in history.   

0840  On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies   

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on June - 20.   

1585  On June - 20 christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52   

1597  On this day in history willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies   

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 June - 20.