Historical Events In July - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1732 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51 on July - 20.
1738 On this day in history north America: French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
1744 On this day in history henri Hamal, composer
1749 On July - 20 earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds"
1752 On this day in history john C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85
1761 On July - 20 joseph Lefebvre, composer
1762 On July - 20 jakob Haibel, composer
1762 Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies on July - 20.
1766 Thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat on July - 20.
1766 On July - 20 isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies
1773 On July - 20 scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
1779 On July - 20 ignaz Schuster, composer
1785 Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer on this day in history.
1793 On this day in history aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
1796 On this day in history edward Hodges, composer
1801 On July - 20 elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm
1803 Jakob Zeugheer, composer on July - 20.
1804 On July - 20 richard Owen, British zoologist
1806 On July - 20 john Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian)
1808 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names on this day in history.
1808 On July - 20 francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66
1810 Colombia declared independence from Spain on July - 20.
1810 Colombia declares independence from Spain on this day in history.
1811 James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) on this day in history.
1814 Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist on July - 20.
1816 William Bowman, English anatomist on July - 20.
1819 On July - 20 paul Henrion, composer
1819 John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies on July - 20.
1824 Alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussia, Brig General (Union volunteers) on July - 20.
1824 On July - 20 joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies
1825 On this day in history joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58
1836 Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension on this day in history.
1836 Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart) on July - 20.
1837 On July - 20 hans Sommer, composer
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