Historical Events In April - 20
Monday, 18 March 2024
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 this day in history 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 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 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 this day in history.
1494 On April - 20 john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister
1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg on this day in history.
1534 Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.
1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on this day in history.
1592 John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on April - 20.
1594 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer on April - 20.
1632 Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.
1643 Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1650 VOC-management sets new guidelines on April - 20.
1653 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1702 On April - 20 comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth
1705 Balthasar Schmid, composer on April - 20.
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 this day in history.
1745 The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on April - 20.
1745 On April - 20 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 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on this day in history.
1768 On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
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