Page 2: Historical Events In July - 20
Monday, 20 January 2025
1732 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51 on July - 20.
1738 On this day in history north America: French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
1744 Henri Hamal, composer on this day in history.
1749 On July - 20 earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds"
1752 John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85 on July - 20.
1761 Joseph Lefebvre, composer on July - 20.
1762 Jakob Haibel, composer on July - 20.
1762 On this day in history christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies
1766 On this day in history thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat
1766 Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies on July - 20.
1773 On this day in history scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
1779 Ignaz Schuster, composer on July - 20.
1785 On this day in history mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer
1793 On this day in history aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
1796 Edward Hodges, composer on July - 20.
1801 Elisha Brown Jr pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm on this day in history.
1803 Jakob Zeugheer, composer on July - 20.
1804 Richard Owen, British zoologist on July - 20.
1806 John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian) on July - 20.
1808 On this day in history napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
1808 Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1810 Colombia declared independence from Spain on July - 20.
1810 Colombia declares independence from Spain on this day in history.
1811 James Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica) on July - 20.
1814 Ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist on this day in history.
1816 William Bowman, English anatomist on this day in history.
1819 Paul Henrion, composer on July - 20.
1819 John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies on July - 20.
1824 Alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussia, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.
1824 On July - 20 joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies
1825 Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1836 Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension on July - 20.
1836 On this day in history thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart)
1837 On July - 20 hans Sommer, composer
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