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

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

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

1862  Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee on this day in history.  

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

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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  On November - 20 gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)  

1866  On this day in history howard University founded (Wash, DC)  

1866  On this day in history pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle  

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

1866  On this day in history 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 November - 20.  

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  Franz Pfemfert, writer on this day in history.  

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

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

1886  Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973) on November - 20.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1602  On this day in history birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)  

1606  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian was born on November - 20.  

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on November - 20.  

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

1625  On November - 20 birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised  

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

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 November - 20.  

1347  On this day in history 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 November - 20 eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies  

1518  On November - 20 pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies  

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.