Page 3: Historical Events In June - 20
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1863 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa). 

1864 Australians in engagement at Te Ranga, New Zealand 

1864 Battle of Kinston NC and Battle of Abingdon VA 

1864 Worm Pander, sculptor 

1866 Italy declares war on Austria. 

1866 Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], Dutch lawyer/detective writer. 

1867 Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska. 

1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame 

1870 Jules de Goncourt, writer, dies at 39 

1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss. 

1874 inaugural US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons). 

1874 1st US Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons) 

1875 Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist. 

1876 Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79 

1883 Giannotto Bastianelli, composer. 

1883 Olivier Gloux, [Gustave Aimard], French world explorer, dies at 64. 

1887 Arnaut Colnot, painter/graphic artist 

1888 In this year, Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas 

1888 Cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66 

1890 Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63. 

1892 S M Tretjakow, writer. 

1893 Lizzie Borden are discovered innocent in New Bedford Mass 

1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass 

1894 George Delacorte, NYC, philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books). 

1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe 

1895 inaugural female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin). 

1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation. 

1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) 

1897 Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder v Eng 1922-23). 

1899 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer 

1900 A "Boxer Rebellion" rocks China beginning when foreign legations at Beijing are besieged by members of a militia force. 

1900 Ernest White, composer 

1901 Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a US college. 

1901 Iri Maruki, artist. 

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