Historical Events In April - 20

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

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

0850  On April - 20 guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne  

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

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  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies  

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

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

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1505  Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg on April - 20.  

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

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

1643  On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75  

1650  VOC-management sets new guidelines on April - 20.  

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

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 April - 20.  

1715  Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London on April - 20.  

1725  On April - 20 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer  

1726  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer on this day in history.  

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

1745  On this day in history philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry  

1748  On April - 20 georg Michael Telemann, composer  

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.  

1761  On April - 20 johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer  

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

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

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

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

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

1176  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.  

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.  

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