393 Historic Events for November 20
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| 1827 |
Death |
Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58
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| 1829 |
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Jews expelled from Nikolayev and Sevastopol Russia
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| 1830 |
Birth |
Patrick Henry Jones, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
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| 1833 |
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Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay
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| 1834 |
Birth |
Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer
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| 1836 |
Birth |
John Thomas Croxton, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
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| 1841 |
Birth |
Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian PM (1896-1911)
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| 1850 |
Birth |
Arthor Goring Thomas, composer
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| 1851 |
Death |
Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75
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| 1852 |
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Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks and Faces," premieres in London
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| 1856 |
Death |
Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
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| 1858 |
Birth |
Selma Lagerl”f, Sweden, novelist (Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909)
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| 1862 |
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Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
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| 1862 |
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Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee
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| 1862 |
Birth |
Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)
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| 1863 |
Death |
James Bruce, Count of Elgin and Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet)
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| 1864 |
Birth |
Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)
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| 1865 |
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Howard University forms in Washington DC
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| 1866 |
Birth |
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball
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| 1866 |
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Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
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| 1866 |
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Howard University founded (Wash, DC)
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| 1866 |
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1st natl convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org)
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| 1867 |
Birth |
Vicente Ripolles, composer
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| 1869 |
Birth |
Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
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