Historical Events In November - 20
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
1841 Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911) on November - 20.
1850 On November - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer
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 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 November - 20.
1856 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 on November - 20.
1861 On this day in history secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
1862 On this day in history confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
1862 On November - 20 armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee
1862 On November - 20 willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)
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 this day in history.
1864 Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer) on November - 20.
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 November - 20 1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball on November - 20.
1867 On November - 20 vicente Ripolles, composer
1869 On November - 20 clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
1871 William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator on this day in history.
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 Franz Pfemfert, writer on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
1884 On this day in history norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)
1886 Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973) on this day in history.
1887 Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history william Bundy patents the timecard clock
1888 On this day in history william Bundy patents timecard clock
1889 Gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony on November - 20.
1889 On November - 20 edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)
1890 On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions
1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions on this day in history.
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