Historical Events In April - 20
Thursday, 08 June 2023
0121 On April - 20 the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor
0295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on April - 20.
0850 Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne on April - 20.
1139 On this day in history 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 On April - 20 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 Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) on April - 20.
1494 John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on this day in history.
1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg on April - 20.
1534 On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on this day in history.
1592 On this day in history john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1594 On April - 20 matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer
1632 On April - 20 nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake
1643 On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
1650 On this day in history vOC-management sets new guidelines
1653 Cromwell routes English parliament to house on April - 20.
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 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 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 On this day in history nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London
1725 On April - 20 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
1726 Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer on this day in history.
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 On April - 20 georg Michael Telemann, composer
1759 Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.
1761 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on this day in history.
1768 On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
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