Historical Events In April - 20

0121  The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on April - 20.  

0295  8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on April - 20.  

0850  On April - 20 guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne  

1139  On April - 20 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome  

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

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

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

1441  During the Council of Florence, Pope Eugenius IV issues the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," which asserts the superiority of the pope over the Councils on this day in history.  

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

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on this day in history.  

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1505  Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg on this day in history.  

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

1551  On this day in history john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal  

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on April - 20.  

1594  On April - 20 matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

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

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1650  On this day in history vOC-management sets new guidelines  

1653  Cromwell routes English parliament to house on this day in history.  

1657  Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet on this day in history.  

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.  

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

1695  On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63  

1702  Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth on April - 20.  

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on this day in history.  

1715  Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London on April - 20.  

1725  On this day in history johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer  

1726  On April - 20 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer  

1745  The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on April - 20.  

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

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

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.  

1761  On April - 20 johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer  

1768  On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70  

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

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.  

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)  

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

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies  

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

1314  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.  

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

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

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