Page 2: Historical Events In June - 20

1763  On June - 20 theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish nationalist   

1779  Battle of Stone Ferry on June - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1789  On this day in history 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  Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent on June - 20.   

1793  Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin on this day in history.   

1819  Savannah becomes first steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)   

1819  Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) on June - 20.   

1823  Jesse Lee Reno, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

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

1825  On June - 20 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 this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44   

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

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  On June - 20 giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89   

1840  On June - 20 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 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 this day in history medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits)   

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

1862  On this day in history barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.   

1863  On June - 20 first bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)   

1863  West Virginia admitted as 35th US state on this day in history.   

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1005  On June - 20 birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)   

1389  John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden   

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  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on June - 20.   

1642  On June - 20 birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)   

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

0840  On June - 20 louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies   

0885  On this day in history death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)   

1585  Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on this day in history.   

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on this day in history.   

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56