Historical Events In April - 20

0121  The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on this day in history.   

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

0850  Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

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.   

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   

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 April - 20.   

1551  On April - 20 john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on April - 20.   

1594  On April - 20 matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

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

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

1650  On this day in history vOC-management sets new guidelines   

1653  On this day in history 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 April - 20.   

1689  On this day in history the former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.   

1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1702  Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth on April - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1745  Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry on April - 20.   

1748  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on April - 20.   

1759  On April - 20 georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

1761  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on April - 20.   

1768  On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

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  On April - 20 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  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

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

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

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake