Historical Events In April - 20

0121  On this day in history the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor  

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

0850  On April - 20 guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne  

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

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

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  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) on this day in history.  

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on this day in history.  

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 April - 20.  

1551  John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on this day in history.  

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

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry on April - 20.  

1695  On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63  

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  On this day in history nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London  

1725  On April - 20 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer  

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  On this day in history philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry  

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 April - 20.  

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.  

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  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)  

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

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

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  

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

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

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