Page 3: Historical Events In November - 20

1841  Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911) on November - 20.   

1850  Arthor Goring Thomas, composer on November - 20.   

1851  On this day in history wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75   

1852  Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks & Faces," premieres in London on November - 20.   

1856  On this day in history cDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.   

1856  Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1861  Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government on this day in history.   

1862  On November - 20 confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg   

1862  On November - 20 armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee   

1862  On this day in history willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)   

1863  On November - 20 maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet)   

1863  James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)   

1866  On this day in history howard University founded (Wash, DC)   

1866  Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle on November - 20.   

1866  On November - 20 the first national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization)   

1866  1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) on November - 20.   

1866  On this day in history kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball   

1867  Vicente Ripolles, composer on this day in history.   

1869  Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees) on this day in history.   

1871  William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher/educator on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary   

1873  On November - 20 daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Mass, composer (Chanticker)   

1879  On November - 20 franz Pfemfert, writer   

1882  Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62 on November - 20.   

1884  On this day in history norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48)   

1886  On this day in history karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)   

1887  Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1888  On November - 20 william Bundy patents the timecard clock   

1888  William Bundy patents timecard clock on November - 20.   

1889  On November - 20 gustav Mahler's 1st Symphony   

1889  On November - 20 edwin Hubble, astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift)   

1890  Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions on November - 20.   

1890  Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions on this day in history.   

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0270  Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) was born on November - 20.   

1327  On November - 20 birth of bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)   

1602  Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump) was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian   

1620  On this day in history birth of peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower   

1621  Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1625  On November - 20 birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1625  On this day in history birth of paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)   

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

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on this day in history.   

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

1437  Death of Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) on this day in history.   

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on this day in history.   

1518  On November - 20 pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies   

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on this day in history.   

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