Famous Birthdays In April - 20

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on this day in history.  

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

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)  

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

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

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

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

1650  On April - 20 birth of william Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680)  

1668  Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739) was born on this day in history.  

1705  On April - 20 birth of balthasar Schmid, composer  

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1718  David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.  

1723  Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1781) was born on April - 20.  

1725  On April - 20 birth of johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer  

1726  On this day in history birth of jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer  

1745  On this day in history birth of philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry  

1748  Georg Michael Telemann, composer was born on April - 20.  

1748  On this day in history birth of guillaume Albert Teniers, composer  

1761  On this day in history birth of johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer  

1808  On this day in history birth of louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)  

1809  On this day in history birth of john Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881  

1818  On April - 20 birth of heinrich Göbel, German-born inventor (d. 1893)  

1824  Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.  

1826  Dina M Craik, writer was born on April - 20.  

1827  On April - 20 birth of john Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896  

1839  Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914) was born on this day in history.  

1850  On this day in history birth of daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man)  

1851  On this day in history birth of young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)  

1857  Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day) was born on April - 20.  

1857  On this day in history birth of hermann Bang, writer  

1858  Auguste Chapuis, composer was born on this day in history.  

1860  Charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine) was born on April - 20.  

1860  Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP) was born on this day in history.  

1866  On April - 20 birth of victor Hollaender, composer  

1870  Simeon Roncal, composer was born on April - 20.  

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1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.  

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

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

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies  

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.  

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

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.