Historical Events In September - 20

1665  On this day in history johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer   

1674  On September - 20 2nd West Indie Company forms   

1679  On September - 20 cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51   

1688  On September - 20 french troops occupies Palts   

1697  On September - 20 peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)   

1703  Archibald Campbell, Scot milt man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1706  Franz Habermann, composer on this day in history.   

1706  Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1721  Thomas Doggett, Irish actor on September - 20.   

1731  Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67 on September - 20.   

1737  On this day in history runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the Walking Purchase forcing the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.   

1744  On September - 20 giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)   

1746  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland   

1767  On this day in history jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer   

1771  Mungo Park, Scotish explorer (Africa) on this day in history.   

1773  On September - 20 pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63   

1777  On September - 20 paoli massacre   

1777  On September - 20 ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer   

1787  On September - 20 prince Willem V returns to Hague   

1790  On this day in history francisco Acuna the Figueroa, Uruguayan poet (Toraidas)   

1791  On September - 20 sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika)   

1792  On this day in history french defeat Prussians at Valmy   

1793  British troops under maj-gen Williamson lands on (French) Haiti on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer   

1797  On September - 20 uS frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston   

1803  Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed on this day in history.   

1806  On September - 20 utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies   

1809  Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General (Confederate Army) on September - 20.   

1810  On this day in history alpheus Starkey Williams, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1810  On September - 20 wouter J van Troostwijk, painter, dies at 28   

1820  George Washington Morgan, Brig General (Union volunteers) on September - 20.   

1823  Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 on September - 20.   

1830  First National Black convention meets (Phila) on September - 20.   

1830  On September - 20 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods   

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1486  On this day in history birth of arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502)   

1593  Gottfried Scheidt, composer was born on September - 20.   

1599  Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.   

1653  Benedict Schultheiss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1663  Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1665  On this day in history birth of johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer   

1706  On this day in history birth of franz Habermann, composer   

1744  On September - 20 birth of giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)   

1168  On this day in history paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies   

1246  On this day in history death of mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev   

1384  On September - 20 death of louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne   

1460  Death of Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer on September - 20.   

1493  Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies on September - 20.   

1586  Death of Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24 on September - 20.   

1590  On this day in history death of lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)   

1613  On this day in history willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies