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  Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne on April - 20.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 April - 20.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1662  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies  

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

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

1702  Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth on this day in history.  

1705  On April - 20 balthasar Schmid, composer  

1715  On April - 20 nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London  

1725  On this day in history johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer  

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

1745  On April - 20 the birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist  

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

1748  On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer  

1759  On this day in history georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey  

1761  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on this day in history.  

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

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 20.  

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

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)  

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies  

1176  On April - 20 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  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  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