Historical Events In April - 20

0121  On April - 20 the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor  

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

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

1139  2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1441  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

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1505  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

1594  On April - 20 matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1662  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies  

1689  On this day in history 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 April - 20.  

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on April - 20.  

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

1725  On April - 20 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer  

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  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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 April - 20.  

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

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

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.  

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)  

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

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

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

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.  

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