WHAT HAPPENED ON 20. JUNE
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Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. (20. June 451)

The University of Oxford receives its charter. (20. June 1214)

The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates. (20. June 1631)

Tarhoncu Ahmet Paşa is appointed grand vezir of the Ottoman Empire. (20. June 1652)

Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater. (20. June 1685)

A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta. (20. June 1756)

The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. (20. June 1782)

Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States. (20. June 1787)

Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath. (20. June 1789)

The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail. (20. June 1819)

Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne. (20. June 1837)

Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. (20. June 1840)

Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated. (20. June 1862)

American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. (20. June 1863)

Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (20. June 1877)

Victoria Terminus, the busiest railway station in India, opens in Bombay. (20. June 1887)

Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother. (20. June 1893)

The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened. (20. June 1895)

Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China. (20. June 1900)

150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. (20. June 1919)