Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20

1763  Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist on June - 20.   

1779  Battle of Stone Ferry on this day in history.   

1782  On June - 20 congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol   

1782  Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it's symbol on June - 20.   

1787  On this day in history oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States.   

1787  On June - 20 carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63   

1789  On June - 20 oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken   

1789  Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken on June - 20.   

1791  King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution on June - 20.   

1793  On this day in history eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent   

1793  Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin on June - 20.   

1819  On June - 20 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  On this day in history jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1824  On this day in history george E Street, British (?) architect   

1825  On this day in history coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon   

1826  On this day in history siam/England sign trade/peace treaty   

1833  On this day in history leon-J-F Bonnat, painter   

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  Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 on June - 20.   

1837  On June - 20 england issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria   

1837  On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89   

1840  On June - 20 samuel Morse patents his telegraph   

1842  Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1846  Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1852  On June - 20 theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, minister of interior (1866..88) [or Jul 20]   

1855  On this day in history commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

1858  On June - 20 medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)   

1861  Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer on this day in history.   

1862  Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated on June - 20.   

1863  First bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa) on this day in history.   

1863  West Virginia admitted as 35th US state on June - 20.   

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1005  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on June - 20.   

1389  On June - 20 birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)   

1566  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on June - 20.   

1583  Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On June - 20 birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer   

1615  Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21] was born on this day in history.   

1634  On June - 20 birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)   

1642  On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)   

0451  On June - 20 death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths   

0840  On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies   

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on June - 20.   

1585  On June - 20 christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52   

1597  On this day in history willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies   

1649  On this day in history maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies   

1668  On this day in history death of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)   

1751  On June - 20 adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56