Historical Events In September - 20

1832  On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer   

1833  Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires on this day in history.   

1833  On September - 20 ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907)   

1835  Farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on September - 20.   

1839  On this day in history 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)   

1839  Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74 on September - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1850  Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue on September - 20.   

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

1854  On this day in history british and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea   

1854  On this day in history battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died   

1859  On this day in history patent granted on the electric range   

1859  On this day in history george Simpson patents electric range   

1859  Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator on September - 20.   

1860  First British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) on this day in history.   

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

1861  On this day in history 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  On this day in history benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33   

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  Gustave Doret, composer on this day in history.   

1869  George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic on this day in history.   

1870  Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French on September - 20.   

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  On September - 20 maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo   

1873  On September - 20 panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure)   

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

1873  Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open on this day in history.   

1873  On September - 20 lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies   

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1486  On September - 20 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  On this day in history birth of christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623)   

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

1663  On September - 20 birth of pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer   

1665  Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer was born on September - 20.   

1706  Franz Habermann, composer was born on September - 20.   

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

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

1493  Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

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