Historical Events In June - 20

1763  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1793  On this day in history eli Whitney patents his cotton gin   

1819  On this day in history savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

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

1819  On this day in history jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)   

1823  Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on June - 20.   

1824  On this day in history george E Street, British (?) architect   

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

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

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

1833  Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44 on June - 20.   

1837  On this day in history england issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria   

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

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

1840  On this day in history samuel Morse patents his telegraph   

1842  Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 on June - 20.   

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  Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin on June - 20.   

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

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

1862  Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated on June - 20.   

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

1389  On this day in history birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)   

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

1583  On this day in history birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)   

1585  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On June - 20 louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies   

0885  On this day in history death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)   

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

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

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 this day in history.