Page 3: Historical Events In November - 20

1841  On November - 20 wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)   

1850  On November - 20 arthor Goring Thomas, composer   

1851  On November - 20 wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75   

1852  Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London on this day in history.   

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  On November - 20 farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81   

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  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)   

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

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  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 November - 20.   

1866  On November - 20 kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball   

1867  Vicente Ripolles, composer on this day in history.   

1869  Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees) on this day in history.   

1871  William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator on this day in history.   

1873  Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary on this day in history.   

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

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  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  William Bundy patents timecard clock on November - 20.   

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

1889  Edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift) on November - 20.   

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

1890  Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions on this day in history.   

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0270  On November - 20 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 this day in history 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 November - 20 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  On November - 20 birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)   

0869  Death of King Edmund of East Anglia on November - 20.   

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  On November - 20 death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)   

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on November - 20.   

1518  On this day in history pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies   

1527  On November - 20 death of wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic   

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