Page 3: Historical Events In December - 20

1860  On December - 20 sC votes 169-0 for Ordinance of Secession, first state to secede   

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  Battle of Dranesville, VA on December - 20.   

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

1862  On this day in history robert Knox   

1864  On December - 20 -Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC   

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

1865  On December - 20 maude Gonne, Irish nationalist (Irish Joan of Arc)   

1867  Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer on this day in history.   

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

1869  Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady) on December - 20.   

1870  On this day in history pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina)   

1871  On December - 20 henry Kimball Hadley, composer   

1872  Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer on this day in history.   

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

1875  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on December - 20.   

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

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

1879  Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park on December - 20.   

1880  New York's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" on December - 20.   

1880  Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten on December - 20.   

1881  Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1886  Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer on this day in history.   

1889  Bozidar Sirola, composer on this day in history.   

1891  Strongman Louis Cyr withstands the pull of 4 horses on December - 20.   

1891  On December - 20 strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses   

1892  On this day in history phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne   

1892  On December - 20 pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse NY   

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

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

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

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

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 this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of john Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer   

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

1626  On December - 20 birth of veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)   

0069  Death of Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered on December - 20.   

0217  On December - 20 death of pope Zephyrinus   

0860  On this day in history death of king Ethelbald of Wessex   

0910  On December - 20 alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies   

1022  Death of Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history.   

1073  On December - 20 domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies   

1355  Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies on this day in history.   

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