Page 2: Historical Events In November - 20

1713  On this day in history thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies   

1719  Sweden & Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm on this day in history.   

1726  On November - 20 oliver Wolcott, (Ct-Gov)/signed Decl of Independence [NS=Dec 1]   

1737  On this day in history caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies   

1741  Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies on November - 20.   

1750  Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50 on November - 20.   

1752  Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel) on this day in history.   

1755  English minister William Pitt Sr resigns on November - 20.   

1757  On this day in history giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer   

1758  Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64 on November - 20.   

1759  On this day in history -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French   

1759  Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer on November - 20.   

1761  On November - 20 pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope (1829-30)   

1764  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1765  Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer on this day in history.   

1766  John Wall Calcott, composer on November - 20.   

1780  Britain declares war on Holland on this day in history.   

1781  Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian on this day in history.   

1789  New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify Bill of Rights on this day in history.   

1789  On November - 20 new Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights   

1795  Curacao govt forbids slave work on Sunday on this day in history.   

1802  On November - 20 james Lawrence Lardner, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1881   

1804  On this day in history alexander I reissues manifesto of Catherine II, with some modifications, inviting foreigners to settle in New Russia.   

1805  On November - 20 the opera "Fidelio" is produced (Vienna)   

1805  On this day in history beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna   

1815  2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies on November - 20.   

1817  On November - 20 1st Seminole War begins in Florida   

1827  Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58 on November - 20.   

1829  Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev and Sevastopol on November - 20.   

1829  On this day in history jews expelled from Nikolayev & Sevastopol Russia   

1830  On this day in history patrick Henry Jones, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

1833  Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay on November - 20.   

1834  On November - 20 franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer   

1836  John Thomas Croxton, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

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0270  On November - 20 birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)   

1327  On this day in history birth of bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)   

1602  On November - 20 birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)   

1606  On November - 20 birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian   

1620  Peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower was born on this day in history.   

1621  On this day in history birth of avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)   

1625  On this day in history birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

0869  Death of King Edmund of East Anglia on this day in history.   

0967  On November - 20 aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies   

1347  Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle on November - 20.   

1437  On November - 20 death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)   

1480  On this day in history eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

1518  On this day in history pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on November - 20.   

1529  Death of Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio on this day in history.