Historical Events In April - 20

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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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.  

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

1594  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)  

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)  

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.  

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.  

1314  On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.  

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  On April - 20 death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake