Historical Events In November - 20

1713  On this day in history thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies   

1719  On this day in history sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm   

1726  On this day in history oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov)/signed Decl of Independence [NS=Dec 1]   

1737  On November - 20 caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies   

1741  On this day in history melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies   

1750  Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1752  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel) on this day in history.   

1755  English minister William Pitt Sr resigns on this day in history.   

1757  On November - 20 giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer   

1758  Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1759  -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French on this day in history.   

1759  Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer on November - 20.   

1761  Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope (1829-30) on this day in history.   

1764  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1765  On November - 20 friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer   

1766  John Wall Calcott, composer on November - 20.   

1780  On November - 20 britain declares war on Holland   

1781  Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian on November - 20.   

1789  New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify Bill of Rights on this day in history.   

1789  On November - 20 new Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights   

1795  On November - 20 curacao govt forbids slave work on Sunday   

1802  On November - 20 james Lawrence Lardner, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1881   

1804  On November - 20 alexander I reissues manifesto of Catherine II, with some modifications, inviting foreigners to settle in New Russia.   

1805  The opera "Fidelio" is produced (Vienna) on this day in history.   

1805  On November - 20 beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna   

1815  On November - 20 2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies   

1817  On November - 20 1st Seminole War begins in Florida   

1827  Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1829  Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev and Sevastopol on November - 20.   

1829  On this day in history jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia   

1830  On this day in history patrick Henry Jones, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

1833  On November - 20 charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay   

1834  On November - 20 franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer   

1836  On this day in history john Thomas Croxton, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

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0270  Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) was born on this day in history.   

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on November - 20.   

1602  On November - 20 birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)   

1606  On November - 20 birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian   

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on November - 20.   

1621  On November - 20 birth of avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)   

1625  On this day in history birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1625  On this day in history birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)   

0869  On this day in history death of king Edmund of East Anglia   

0967  On this day in history aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies   

1347  Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle on November - 20.   

1437  On this day in history death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)   

1480  On November - 20 eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on November - 20.   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on this day in history.   

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on this day in history.