Historical Events Events of 20th October 1097 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch 1528 - Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor & church) 1536 - Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions 1576 - Spanish troops occupies & plunder Maastricht 1587 - Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League 1600 - Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japans rulers (shoguns) 1603 - Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed 1634 - English King Charles I disbands new Ship Money tax 1714 - Georg Ludwig von Hannover crowned as English King George I 1740 - Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia 1751 - Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort 1774 - Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment 1781 - Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, was approved in Habsburg Monarchy. 1786 - Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in US 1803 - US Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchas Famous Birthdays Born Today Birthdays Architect Christopher Wren (1632) 1435 - Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca 1475 - Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) 1496 - Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise 1616 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) 1620 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) 1632 - Christopher Wren, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, astronomer/great architect (St. Pauls Cathedral), (d. 1723) 1637 - Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) 1656 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) 1660 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723) 1677 - Stanislaus I LeszczyÅ„ski, King of Poland (d. 1766) 1679 - Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer 1700 - Charlotte AglaĂ© of OrlĂ©ans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761) 1711 - Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795) 1719 - Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist 1740 - Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women) Famous Weddings 1943 - British Childrens writer Enid Blyton marries 2nd husband surgeon Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters at City of Westminster registry office, London 1968 - Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios 1973 - Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty 1991 - Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black 2001 - Actor Johnathon Schaech (32) weds actress Christina Applegate (29) at the three-acre Cree Estate in Palm Springs, California 2005 - Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven (30) weds Aimee Sohngen (28) on a civil ceremony at the Stadhuis in Naarden 2006 - Liberty X member Michelle Heaton (27) weds Pop Idols Andy Scott-Lee (26) in Hertfordshire, England 2012 - Clueless actress Elisa Donovan (41) weds Charlie Bigelow (36) on a outdoor ceremony on the Vineyard Lawn at The Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, California Famous Deaths Passed Away Today Deaths Inventor Charles Babbage (1871) 460 - Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies 1139 - Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies 1187 - Urban III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies 1268 - Conrad Hohenstaufen/Conradin, last Duke of Swabia, beheaded in Naples aged 16 1274 - Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies 1438 - Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 1525 - Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 1570 - JoĂ£o de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) 1631 - Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550) 1640 - John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585) 1652 - Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611) 1676 - Christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61 1713 - Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) 1740 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685) 1765 - William August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44
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