Historical Events In April - 20
Monday, 23 May 2022
0121 The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on this day in history.
0295 On this day in history 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0850 On this day in history guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne
1139 On this day in history 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1164 On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies
1314 On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
1317 On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies
1441 On this day in history during the Council of Florence, Pope Eugenius IV issues the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," which asserts the superiority of the pope over the Councils
1442 On this day in history edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)
1494 John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on April - 20.
1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg on April - 20.
1534 On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
1551 On April - 20 john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal
1592 On this day in history john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1594 On this day in history matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer
1632 Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.
1643 On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
1650 On this day in history vOC-management sets new guidelines
1653 On April - 20 cromwell routes English parliament to house
1657 On this day in history battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet
1662 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.
1689 On this day in history the former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1702 Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth on this day in history.
1705 Balthasar Schmid, composer on April - 20.
1715 On this day in history nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London
1725 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer on April - 20.
1726 On this day in history jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer
1745 The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on April - 20.
1745 On April - 20 philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
1748 On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer
1759 Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.
1761 On this day in history johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
1768 Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on April - 20.
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