Page 3: Historical Events In November - 20

1841  Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911) on this day in history.   

1850  On November - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

1851  Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London   

1856  CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians on this day in history.   

1856  Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.   

1862  On November - 20 confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg   

1862  On this day in history armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee   

1862  Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP) on this day in history.   

1863  Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet) on this day in history.   

1863  James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1864  Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer) on November - 20.   

1866  On this day in history howard University founded (Wash, DC)   

1866  Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle on November - 20.   

1866  On this day in history the first national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization)   

1866  1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) on this day in history.   

1866  Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball on November - 20.   

1867  On this day in history vicente Ripolles, composer   

1869  On this day in history clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)   

1871  On this day in history william H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator   

1873  On November - 20 rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary   

1873  Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker) on November - 20.   

1879  Franz Pfemfert, writer on this day in history.   

1882  Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1884  Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48) on this day in history.   

1886  Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973) on November - 20.   

1887  On November - 20 louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77   

1888  William Bundy patents the timecard clock on November - 20.   

1888  On November - 20 william Bundy patents timecard clock   

1889  On November - 20 gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony   

1889  On November - 20 edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)   

1890  On November - 20 pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions   

1890  On November - 20 pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions   

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0270  On this day in history birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)   

1327  On this day in history birth of bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)   

1602  On November - 20 birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)   

1606  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian was born on November - 20.   

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on November - 20.   

1621  On this day in history birth of avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)   

1625  On November - 20 birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1625  On November - 20 birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)   

0869  Death of King Edmund of East Anglia on this day in history.   

0967  On this day in history aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies   

1347  On this day in history stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle   

1437  Death of Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) on November - 20.   

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on this day in history.   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history death of wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic   

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on November - 20.