October 20

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 72 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1568 ??? The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent. 1572 ??? Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes. 1601???1900 1740 ??? France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins. 1774 ??? American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress. 1781 ??? The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom...

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