Historical Events In April - 20
Saturday, 09 December 2023
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 April - 20.
1164 On this day in history 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 On April - 20 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 this day in history 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 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 Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.
1643 On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
1650 VOC-management sets new guidelines on this day in history.
1653 On April - 20 cromwell routes English parliament to house
1657 On this day in history battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet
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 this day in history.
1695 On this day in history georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63
1702 On this day in history 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 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer on April - 20.
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 On this day in history 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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