Historical Events In April - 20

0121  The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on April - 20.  

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

0850  Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne on April - 20.  

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

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.  

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  

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

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

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  On April - 20 john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal  

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

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

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

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on April - 20.  

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  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1689  On April - 20 the former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.  

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

1702  Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth on this day in history.  

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

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

1745  On April - 20 philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry  

1748  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on April - 20.  

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.  

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  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.  

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

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1592  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)  

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 April - 20.  

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

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

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

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