Historical Events In June - 20
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
1763 On this day in history theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist
1779 Battle of Stone Ferry on June - 20.
1782 On this day in history congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol
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 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 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin on June - 20.
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 On June - 20 jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)
1823 On this day in history jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1824 George E Street, British (?) architect on this day in history.
1825 On June - 20 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 June - 20 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 On this day in history england issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
1837 On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89
1840 On June - 20 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 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 June - 20.
1858 On June - 20 medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)
1861 On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer
1862 Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history first bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)
1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state on this day in history.
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