Historical Events In December - 20

1860  SC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, first state to secede on this day in history.   

1860  South Carolina secedes from the American Union, and joined the Confederacy on this day in history.   

1860  SC votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede on December - 20.   

1861  On December - 20 battle of Dranesville, VA   

1862  On December - 20 -Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA   

1862  Robert Knox on December - 20.   

1864  -Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC on this day in history.   

1865  De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens on December - 20.   

1865  Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist (Irish Joan of Arc) on December - 20.   

1867  On December - 20 fini Valdemar Henriques, composer   

1868  Harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road on December - 20.   

1869  On this day in history charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady)   

1870  Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina) on December - 20.   

1871  On this day in history henry Kimball Hadley, composer   

1872  On December - 20 lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer   

1875  On this day in history t F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)   

1875  On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

1876  On this day in history jan Van Oudshoorn, [Jan K Feylbrief], Dutch writer (Maze of Senses)   

1876  Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US on December - 20.   

1879  On December - 20 tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park   

1880  On December - 20 new York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"   

1880  On this day in history battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten   

1881  On this day in history branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers)   

1883  International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls on December - 20.   

1883  On December - 20 intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls   

1884  Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch nazi collaborator/traitor on December - 20.   

1886  Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer on December - 20.   

1889  Bozidar Sirola, composer on December - 20.   

1891  Strongman Louis Cyr withstands the pull of 4 horses on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses   

1892  On December - 20 phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne   

1892  On this day in history pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY   

1893  First state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia on December - 20.   

1893  On December - 20 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia   

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1494  On December - 20 birth of oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 20.   

1539  On this day in history birth of paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer   

1566  Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612) was born on December - 20.   

1579  John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized) was born on December - 20.   

1594  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer was born on December - 20.   

1606  On this day in history birth of christoph Schultze, composer   

1626  Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692) was born on December - 20.   

0069  On December - 20 death of aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  On this day in history death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  Death of King Ethelbald of Wessex on this day in history.   

0910  Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies on December - 20.   

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 20.   

1073  Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies on December - 20.   

1355  On December - 20 stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies   

1494  Death of Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet on this day in history.