Historical Events In June - 20

1763  On this day in history theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist  

1779  Battle of Stone Ferry on this day in history.  

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol on this day in history.  

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  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 on June - 20.  

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

1789  Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken on June - 20.  

1791  On June - 20 king Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution  

1793  Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent on this day in history.  

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1793  Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin on June - 20.  

1819  On June - 20 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 this day in history.  

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  Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon on this day in history.  

1826  Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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  Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20] on June - 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  On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer  

1862  Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated on June - 20.  

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  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on June - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1615  On June - 20 birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]  

1634  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)  

1642  On June - 20 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 June - 20.  

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on this day in history.  

1585  On June - 20 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 June - 20.  

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

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