Page 3: Historical Events In July - 20

1847  German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf on this day in history.   

1847  On July - 20 max Liebermann, German impressionist painter   

1849  On July - 20 start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield   

1852  On this day in history theodorus Heemskerk Jzn, lawyer/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-13) [or 1/20]=   

1853  Geo[rge] Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter on this day in history.   

1855  On July - 20 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands   

1858  Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents) (NY beats Bkln 22-18) on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies   

1860  On July - 20 johannes Walter, German geologist (Denudation of the Wilderness)   

1861  On July - 20 confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va   

1862  On this day in history guerrilla campaign in GA (Porter's & Poindexter's) [->SEP 20] US580 CS2866   

1864  Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign on this day in history.   

1864  On July - 20 battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured   

1864  Erik Karlfeldt, Sweden, poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous) on this day in history.   

1866  On July - 20 sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy   

1866  Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide on July - 20.   

1868  On July - 20 the first use of tax stamps on cigarettes   

1868  1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes on July - 20.   

1868  Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice (1918-19)   

1871  On this day in history british Columbia is admitted to the Dominion of Canada. One of the conditions of entry is that the Dominion Government should, within two years from the date of union, commence the construction of a railway from the Pacific towards the Rocky Mountains and from a point east of the Rocky Mountains towards the Pacific to connect the seaboard of British Columbia with the railway system of Canada. Sir Sandford Fleming was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of this railway which was to be completed by 1881.   

1871  British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province on July - 20.   

1872  On this day in history mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born   

1872  Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio on July - 20.   

1872  On July - 20 alick Maclean, composer   

1873  On this day in history witold Maliszewski, composer   

1876  On this day in history 1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins   

1877  On this day in history military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9   

1878  The first telephone introduced in Hawaii on July - 20.   

1878  On July - 20 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii   

1880  On July - 20 hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer   

1881  Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops on July - 20.   

1881  Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops on July - 20.   

1881  Leon de Smet, Flemish painter on July - 20.   

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0810  On July - 20 birth of imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)   

1304  On this day in history birth of francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)   

1513  On this day in history birth of gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general   

1519  On this day in history birth of innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591)   

1537  On July - 20 birth of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)   

1600  On this day in history birth of simon Ives, composer   

1659  On this day in history birth of hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)   

1663  On July - 20 birth of pierre Drevet, French engraver   

0833  Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63 on this day in history.   

0985  On this day in history death of pope Boniface VII   

1031  On this day in history robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies   

1156  On this day in history death of emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)   

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, French theologian on July - 20.   

1201  Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18] on this day in history.   

1320  On July - 20 death of king Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)   

1322  On July - 20 frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies