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Historical Events In August - 20

Thursday, 21 November 2024

1856  Wilberforce University forms in Ohio on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1856  Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1] on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1860  On August - 20 raymond Poincaré, France, president/PM (1912)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1861  On August - 20 skirmish at Jonesboro MO  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Va (about 3900 casualties) on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1865  Pres Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Tx on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  On this day in history pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1873  On this day in history eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  On August - 20 govt Kappeijne of Coppello resigns  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1881  Edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  The first CPR train reaches Regina Saskatchewan on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" opens in Moscow on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1885  On August - 20 dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1885  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  On August - 20 paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1888  Longest US men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1888  George Sklavos, composer on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1889  On August - 20 witold Friemann, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1890  On August - 20 the birth of H.P Lovecraft, American writer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1890  H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness) on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1893  Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  On August - 20 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder" (BG)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1896  On this day in history dial telephone patented  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  On this day in history tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author (Det Store Spelet)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1898  On August - 20 g Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  On August - 20 hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist (Church und Welt)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  On this day in history edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  On this day in history fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1901  On this day in history salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  Jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA) on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 20

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 20

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1580  On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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