Historical Events In November - 20

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

1850  Arthor Goring Thomas, composer on this day in history.  

1851  Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75 on November - 20.  

1852  On November - 20 charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London  

1856  On November - 20 cDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.  

1856  Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 on November - 20.  

1861  Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government on November - 20.  

1862  On this day in history confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg  

1862  Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee on November - 20.  

1862  On November - 20 willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)  

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1863  On November - 20 maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet)  

1863  On this day in history james Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52  

1864  On this day in history gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)  

1866  Howard University founded (Wash, DC) on this day in history.  

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

1866  The first national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization) on November - 20.  

1866  On November - 20 1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)  

1866  On this day in history kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball  

1867  Vicente Ripolles, composer on this day in history.  

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

1871  William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator on November - 20.  

1873  On this day in history rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary  

1873  On November - 20 daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker)  

1879  On November - 20 franz Pfemfert, writer  

1882  On this day in history bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62  

1884  On November - 20 norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)  

1886  On November - 20 karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)  

1887  Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 on November - 20.  

1888  William Bundy patents the timecard clock on this day in history.  

1888  William Bundy patents timecard clock on this day in history.  

1889  Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony on this day in history.  

1889  Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift) on this day in history.  

1890  Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions on November - 20.  

1890  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions  

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0270  Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) was born on this day in history.  

1327  On November - 20 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 this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history birth of peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower  

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

1625  On this day in history birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised  

1625  On this day in history birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)  

0869  On November - 20 death of king Edmund of East Anglia  

0967  On November - 20 aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies  

1347  Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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 November - 20.  

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.