Page 3: Historical Events In September - 20

1832  On this day in history johann Joseph Abert, composer   

1833  Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires on September - 20.   

1833  On this day in history ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907)   

1835  On this day in history farroupilha's Revolution begins in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.   

1839  1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem) on September - 20.   

1839  Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74 on September - 20.   

1842  James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet) on September - 20.   

1846  Agnes Tyrrell, composer on September - 20.   

1847  On this day in history sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary)   

1848  The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created on September - 20.   

1850  Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue on September - 20.   

1852  On September - 20 edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)   

1854  On this day in history british and French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea   

1854  Battle at Alma Krim: 1,000 British soldiers died on this day in history.   

1859  Patent granted on the electric range on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history george Simpson patents electric range   

1859  On this day in history yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator   

1860  On this day in history first British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)   

1860  1st British royalty to visit US, Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) on September - 20.   

1861  Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union on September - 20.   

1863  Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, Tenn, ends on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Shepardstown VA on September - 20.   

1863  Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33 on September - 20.   

1865  Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist on September - 20.   

1865  William H Revere Jr, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1866  Gustave Doret, composer on this day in history.   

1869  George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic on September - 20.   

1870  On this day in history italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French   

1871  On September - 20 bishop John Coleridge Patteson martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu province of the Solomon Islands. He was the first bishop of Melanesia.   

1872  Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo on September - 20.   

1873  Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) NY shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal   

1873  Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open on this day in history.   

1873  Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies on this day in history.   

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1486  On this day in history birth of arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VII of England (d. 1502)   

1593  On September - 20 birth of gottfried Scheidt, composer   

1599  Christian the Younger, German Protestant military leader (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.   

1653  Benedict Schultheiss, composer was born on September - 20.   

1663  On this day in history birth of pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer   

1665  On this day in history birth of johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer   

1706  Franz Habermann, composer was born on September - 20.   

1744  On September - 20 birth of giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)   

1168  Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies on September - 20.   

1246  Death of Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev on this day in history.   

1384  On September - 20 death of louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne   

1460  Death of Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer on this day in history.   

1493  Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies on September - 20.   

1586  On this day in history death of anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24   

1590  On this day in history death of lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)   

1613  Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies on September - 20.