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

1782  On this day in history 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 June - 20 oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken  

1791  On this day in history king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution  

1793  Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent on June - 20.  

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

1819  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1833  On June - 20 philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44  

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

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  On June - 20 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 this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67  

1852  On June - 20 theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20]  

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

1858  Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1863  West Virginia admitted as 35th US state on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1583  On June - 20 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 June - 20 birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]  

1634  On June - 20 birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)  

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

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  On June - 20 death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)  

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  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  On this day in history adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56