Historical Events In April - 20

0121  On this day in history the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor  

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

0850  Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne on this day in history.  

1139  On April - 20 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome  

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies  

1314  On April - 20 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  During the Council of Florence, Pope Eugenius IV issues the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," which asserts the superiority of the pope over the Councils on this day in history.  

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

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

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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 this day in history.  

1551  John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on this day in history.  

1592  On April - 20 john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

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

1632  On April - 20 nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake  

1643  On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75  

1650  VOC-management sets new guidelines on this day in history.  

1653  On April - 20 cromwell routes English parliament to house  

1657  On April - 20 battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet  

1662  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies  

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 April - 20.  

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

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on April - 20.  

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

1725  Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer on April - 20.  

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

1745  The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on April - 20.  

1745  Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry on this day in history.  

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

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.  

1761  On April - 20 johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer  

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 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 April - 20.  

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on April - 20.  

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.  

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

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

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.  

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.  

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

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.  

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