Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20

1763  Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist on June - 20.   

1779  On this day in history battle of Stone Ferry   

1782  On this day in history congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol   

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  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 this day in history oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken   

1791  King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution on this day in history.   

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

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  On June - 20 jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1824  On June - 20 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  Leon-J-F Bonnat, painter on June - 20.   

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

1837  On June - 20 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 this day in history 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  On June - 20 michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60   

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

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  On June - 20 medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)   

1861  On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer   

1862  On this day in history 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 June - 20.   

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1005  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1389  On June - 20 birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)   

1566  On June - 20 birth of sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden   

1583  Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on June - 20.   

1615  On June - 20 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  On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)   

0451  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on June - 20.   

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

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

1585  On this day in history christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52   

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

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on this day in history.   

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on June - 20.   

1751  On this day in history adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56