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  Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol on June - 20.  

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol on June - 20.  

1787  On this day in history oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.  

1787  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63  

1789  On June - 20 oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken  

1789  On June - 20 oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken  

1791  On June - 20 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  On this day in history 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)  

1819  Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) on June - 20.  

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

1824  George E Street, British (?) architect on this day in history.  

1825  On June - 20 coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon  

1826  Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty on June - 20.  

1833  Leon-J-F Bonnat, painter on this day in history.  

1833  Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

1837  On June - 20 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 on this day in history.  

1837  On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89  

1840  Samuel Morse patents his telegraph on June - 20.  

1842  On this day in history michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60  

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

1858  On this day in history medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)  

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

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 June - 20.  

1863  On this day in history west Virginia admitted as 35th US state  

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1005  On June - 20 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  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  On this day in history birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer  

1615  Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21] was born on June - 20.  

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

1642  On June - 20 birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)  

0451  On June - 20 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  On June - 20 willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies  

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on June - 20.  

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

1751  On June - 20 adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56