Page 3: Historical Events In September - 20

1832  On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer   

1833  On this day in history charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires   

1833  Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907) on September - 20.   

1835  On this day in history farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.   

1839  1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem) on September - 20.   

1839  Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history james Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)   

1846  Agnes Tyrrell, composer on this day in history.   

1847  Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary) on September - 20.   

1848  On this day in history the American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.   

1850  On September - 20 slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue   

1852  On September - 20 edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)   

1854  British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea on September - 20.   

1854  Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died on this day in history.   

1859  Patent granted on the electric range on this day in history.   

1859  George Simpson patents electric range on September - 20.   

1859  On this day in history yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator   

1860  On September - 20 first British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)   

1860  On this day in history 1st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)   

1861  On September - 20 battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union   

1863  Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, Tenn, ends on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Shepardstown VA on September - 20.   

1863  Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1865  Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist on September - 20.   

1865  On this day in history william H Revere Jr, US Union brig-general, dies   

1866  On September - 20 gustave Doret, composer   

1869  On this day in history george Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic   

1870  On this day in history italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French   

1871  Bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia on September - 20.   

1872  Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo on this day in history.   

1873  Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) on this day in history.   

1873  Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal on September - 20.   

1873  On this day in history robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open   

1873  Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies on this day in history.   

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1486  Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502) was born on this day in history.   

1593  Gottfried Scheidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)   

1653  On September - 20 birth of benedict Schultheiss, composer   

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

1665  On September - 20 birth of johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer   

1706  On September - 20 birth of franz Habermann, composer   

1744  Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater) was born on this day in history.   

1168  Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies on September - 20.   

1246  Death of Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev on this day in history.   

1384  Death of Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne on this day in history.   

1460  On this day in history death of gilles Binchois, Flemish composer   

1493  On this day in history philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies   

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

1590  Death of Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534) on September - 20.   

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