Page 3: Historical Events In September - 01
Friday, 20 February 2026
1763 Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow. 

1768 Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer 

1772 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California. 

1777 Johann Ernst Bach, composer, dies at 55 

1780 Reynier de Klerk, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1777-1800), dies at 69. 

1785 In this year, Mozart publishes 6 string quartet opus 10 in Vienna 

1787 John Bake, classical composer 

1789 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer 

1791 Lydia Sigourney, US, religious author (How to Be Happy). 

1797 2nd National Meeting in Hague 

1798 England signs treaty with nizam of Hyderabad, India 

1798 Richard Delafield, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1873. 

1799 Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) 

1801 Robert Bage, English writer (Hermsprong), dies. 

1803 Jacobus T Abels, Dutch painter. 

1804 Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding 

1807 Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is are discovered innocent of treason. 

1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire 

1814 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer, dies at 53 

1816 Gustav Schmidt, composer. 

1821 1st colonies along Santa Fe Trail. 

1824 Isaac Hardin Duval, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902. 

1827 Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Overbetuwsche Novellen) 

1829 James Conner, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883. 

1831 Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle. 

1836 Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem 

1838 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies at 68. 

1845 Paul S Methuen, English fieldmarshal/governor of Natal/Malta. 

1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey 

1849 Elizabeth Harrison, US, educator (Natl Congress of Parents and Teachers) 

1854 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal) 

1856 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) 

1858 The inaugural transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month 

1858 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month. 

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