Historical Events In July - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1847 On this day in history german astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf
1847 On July - 20 max Liebermann, German impressionist painter
1849 Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield on July - 20.
1852 Theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-13) [or 1/20]= on this day in history.
1853 On this day in history geo[rge] Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter
1855 On this day in history 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands
1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18) on this day in history.
1859 On July - 20 hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
1860 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Denudation of the Wilderness) on this day in history.
1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va on July - 20.
1862 Guerrilla campaign in GA (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20] US580 CS2866 on this day in history.
1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign on this day in history.
1864 On July - 20 battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured
1864 On July - 20 erik Karlfeldt, Sweden, poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous)
1866 On July - 20 sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy
1866 Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide on this day in history.
1868 The first use of tax stamps on cigarettes on this day in history.
1868 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes on July - 20.
1868 Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 on July - 20.
1870 On July - 20 vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice (1918-19)
1871 British Columbia is admitted to the Dominion of Canada. One of the conditions of entry is that the Dominion Government should, within two years from the date of union, commence the construction of a railway from the Pacific towards the Rocky Mountains and from a point east of the Rocky Mountains towards the Pacific to connect the seaboard of British Columbia with the railway system of Canada. Sir Sandford Fleming was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of this railway which was to be completed by 1881 on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history british Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province
1872 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born on July - 20.
1872 On July - 20 mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio
1872 Alick Maclean, composer on July - 20.
1873 On this day in history witold Maliszewski, composer
1876 On this day in history 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins
1877 Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 on July - 20.
1878 The first telephone introduced in Hawaii on July - 20.
1878 On this day in history 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
1880 On July - 20 hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer
1881 Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops on July - 20.
1881 On this day in history sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
1881 On this day in history leon de Smet, Flemish painter
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