• 1761-11-20 - Pius VIII [Francesco S Castiglioni]: Italy -- 253rd Pope (1829-30)
  • 1765-11-20 - Friedrich Heinrich Himmel: Composer
  • 1766-11-20 - John Wall Calcott: Composer
  • 1781-11-20 - Karl F Eichhorn: German law historian
  • 1802-11-20 - James Lawrence Lardner: Comm (Union Navy), died in 1881
  • 1834-11-20 - Franjo Zaver Kuhac: Composer
  • 1836-11-20 - John Thomas Croxton: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
 

  • 1741-11-20 - Melchior de Polignac: French diplomat / clergyman
  • 1750-11-20 - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis: Theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
  • 1758-11-20 - Johan Helmich Roman: Finnish Composer / violist, dies at 64
  • 1764-11-20 - Christian Goldbach: German mathematician
  • 1827-11-20 - Alexey Nikolayevich Titov: Composer, dies at 58
  • 1851-11-20 - Wenzel Sedlak: Composer, dies at 75
  • 1856-11-20 - Farkas / Wolfgang Bolyai: Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
 

  • 1817-11-20 - 1st Seminole War begins in Florida
  • 1719-11-20 - Sweden and Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm
  • 1755-11-20 - English Minister William Pitt Sr resigns
  • 1780-11-20 - Britain declares war on Holland
  • 1789-11-20 - New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
  • 1795-11-20 - Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday
  • 1805-11-20 - Beethoven's "Fidelio, " premieres in Vienna
 

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