Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20

1763  Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist   

1779  Battle of Stone Ferry.   

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US and the eagle as it's symbol.   

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US and eagle as it's symbol.   

1787  Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.   

1787  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63.   

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

1789  Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken.   

1791  King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution   

1793  Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent.   

1793  Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin   

1819  Savannah is recorded as becoming inaugural steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

1819  320 ton Savannah is recorded as becoming 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

1819  Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann).   

1823  Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862.   

1824  George E Street, British (?) architect.   

1825  Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon.   

1826  Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty.   

1833  Leon-J-F Bonnat, painter.   

1833  Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44   

1837  England issues its inaugural 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.   

1837  England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria.   

1837  Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89   

1840  Samuel Morse patents his telegraph.   

1842  Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60.   

1846  Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67.   

1852  Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20]   

1855  Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin.   

1858  Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits).   

1861  Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer.   

1862  Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated   

1863  inaugural bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)   

1863  West Virginia admitted as 35th US state   

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1005  Ali az-zahir: Caliph   

1389  John: Duke of bedford, regent of england   

1566  Sigismund iii: King of poland/sweden   

1583  Jacob de la gardie: Swedish soldier and statesman   

1585  Lazaro valvasensi: Composer   

1615  Salvatore rosa: Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

1634  Charles emanuel ii: Duke of savoy (1638-75)   

1642  George hickes: English linguistic (old german philology)   

0451  Theodorid: King of the visigoths   

0840  Death of Louis de vrome: Emperor of french rich,   

0885  Death of Bernard plantapilosa: Count of auvergne (b. 841)   

1585  Christianus adrichomius: Writer (theatrum terrae sanctae),   

1597  Willem barents: Explorer (discovered spitsbergen & bereneil),   

1649  Death of Maria tesselschade roemers visscher: Author,   

1668  Death of Heinrich roth: German sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)   

1751  Adriaen valckenier: Gov-gen of neth-in