Historical Events In April - 20

0121  On April - 20 the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor  

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

0850  On April - 20 guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne  

1139  2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on this day in history.  

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

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

1317  On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies  

1441  On April - 20 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 this day in history john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

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

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

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

1592  On April - 20 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 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  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1689  The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry on April - 20.  

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  On this day in history balthasar Schmid, composer  

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

1725  On April - 20 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer  

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

1748  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on April - 20.  

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

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  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

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

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.  

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.  

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 April - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

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

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