Historical Events In April - 20

0121  On this day in history the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor   

0295  On April - 20 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  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.   

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

1505  On this day in history jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg   

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

1551  John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on April - 20.   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on this day in history.   

1594  On April - 20 matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

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

1643  On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75   

1650  On April - 20 vOC-management sets new guidelines   

1653  On April - 20 cromwell routes English parliament to house   

1657  Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet on April - 20.   

1662  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

1689  The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry on this day in history.   

1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.   

1702  On April - 20 comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth   

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on this day in history.   

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  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer on April - 20.   

1745  On this day in history the birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist   

1745  Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry on this day in history.   

1748  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on this day in history.   

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1761  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on April - 20.   

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on April - 20.   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.   

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  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 April - 20.   

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

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake