Historical Events In November - 20

1841  On this day in history wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)   

1850  On November - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

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

1852  Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London on November - 20.   

1856  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1862  Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg on November - 20.   

1862  On November - 20 armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee   

1862  Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP) on November - 20.   

1863  Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet) on November - 20.   

1863  James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 on November - 20.   

1864  Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer) on this day in history.   

1866  Howard University founded (Wash, DC) on November - 20.   

1866  Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1873  Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary on November - 20.   

1873  On this day in history daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker)   

1879  Franz Pfemfert, writer on this day in history.   

1882  Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62 on November - 20.   

1884  Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48) on November - 20.   

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

1887  On this day in history louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77   

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

1888  On this day in history 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  Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions on this day in history.   

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

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0270  On November - 20 birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)   

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  On this day in history birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian   

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on this day in history.   

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

0869  On this day in history death of king Edmund of East Anglia   

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on this day in history.   

1347  On November - 20 stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle   

1437  Death of Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) on this day in history.   

1480  On this day in history eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on November - 20.   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on November - 20.   

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