Historical Events In September - 20
Friday, 25 October 2024
1832 Johann Joseph Abert, composer on this day in history.
1833 On September - 20 charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires
1833 On this day in history ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907)
1835 On this day in history farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1839 On this day in history 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)
1839 On this day in history jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74
1842 James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet) on September - 20.
1846 On this day in history agnes Tyrrell, composer
1847 Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary) on this day in history.
1848 On September - 20 the American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
1850 On this day in history slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
1852 On this day in history 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 September - 20 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 On this day in history yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator
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 September - 20.
1861 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, Tenn, ends
1863 Battle of Shepardstown VA on September - 20.
1863 On September - 20 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 this day in history.
1871 On September - 20 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.
1872 Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo on this day in history.
1873 On September - 20 panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure)
1873 Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal on this day in history.
1873 Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open on this day in history.
1873 Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies on September - 20.
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