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 this day in history.  

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

1314  On this day in history 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  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 April - 20.  

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

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

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  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on this day in history.  

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 this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75  

1650  On April - 20 vOC-management sets new guidelines  

1653  Cromwell routes English parliament to house on this day in history.  

1657  Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet on this day in history.  

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

1702  On this day in history comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth  

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on April - 20.  

1715  Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London on this day in history.  

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

1726  On this day in history jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer  

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

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

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  On April - 20 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  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)  

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

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

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.  

1314  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.