Historical Events In November - 20

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

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on this day in history.  

1602  Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump) was born on this day in history.  

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  Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on this day in history.  

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on November - 20.  

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

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on November - 20.  

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

1437  On this day in history death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)  

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

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  On this day in history death of karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio