Historical Events In April - 20

0121  The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on this day in history.  

0295  8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.  

0850  On this day in history 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 April - 20.  

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

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 April - 20 edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

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

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  On this day in history john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal  

1592  On this day in history john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

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

1632  Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.  

1643  On April - 20 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 April - 20.  

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

1695  On this day in history georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63  

1702  On April - 20 comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth  

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on this day in history.  

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

1725  Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer on this day in history.  

1726  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer on this day in history.  

1745  The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on this day in history.  

1745  Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry on April - 20.  

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

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

1761  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer  

1768  On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70  

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

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  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

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 April - 20.  

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.  

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

1317  On this day in history 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 April - 20.  

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.