Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20
Saturday, 15 February 2025
1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist on this day in history.
1779 Battle of Stone Ferry on this day in history.
1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol on this day in history.
1782 On June - 20 congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol
1787 On June - 20 oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.
1787 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 on June - 20.
1789 On June - 20 oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken
1789 On June - 20 oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken
1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution on June - 20.
1793 On June - 20 eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent
1793 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin on June - 20.
1819 On this day in history savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
1819 On June - 20 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
1819 On June - 20 jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann)
1823 Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on June - 20.
1824 George E Street, British (?) architect on June - 20.
1825 On this day in history coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon
1826 Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty on this day in history.
1833 Leon-J-F Bonnat, painter on June - 20.
1833 Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1837 England issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on June - 20.
1837 On June - 20 queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on June - 20.
1837 Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1840 On this day in history samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1842 On June - 20 michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60
1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 on June - 20.
1852 On this day in history theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20]
1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin on June - 20.
1858 On this day in history medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)
1861 On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer
1862 Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history first bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)
1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th US state on June - 20.
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