Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20

1763  On June - 20 theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist   

1779  On June - 20 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  On this day in history oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.   

1787  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63   

1789  On June - 20 oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken   

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

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

1793  On this day in history eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent   

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

1819  Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) on this day in history.   

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

1819  On June - 20 jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)   

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 June - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1837  England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on June - 20.   

1837  Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on June - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1855  On this day in history commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

1858  On this day in history medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)   

1861  Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer on June - 20.   

1862  On June - 20 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 this day in history west Virginia admitted as 35th US state   

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1005  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on June - 20.   

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 June - 20.   

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  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on June - 20.   

1642  George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) was born on June - 20.   

0451  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on this day in history.   

0840  Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies   

1668  On this day in history 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.