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 April - 20.   

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

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

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

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  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) on April - 20.   

1494  On April - 20 john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1505  On April - 20 jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

1551  On this day in history john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on this day in history.   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer on April - 20.   

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 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  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 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 this day in history.   

1715  Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London on April - 20.   

1725  Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer on April - 20.   

1726  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer on April - 20.   

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

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

1748  On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer   

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

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

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.   

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

1594  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  On this day in history 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 this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

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

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

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 April - 20.