Historical Events In April - 20

0121  The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on April - 20.  

0295  On April - 20 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet  

0850  On April - 20 guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne  

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

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.  

1314  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies  

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

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  On this day in history edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on April - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1551  John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on April - 20.  

1592  On April - 20 john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

1594  On this day in history matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

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

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1650  On April - 20 vOC-management sets new guidelines  

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

1702  On April - 20 comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth  

1705  On April - 20 balthasar Schmid, composer  

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

1745  The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on this day in history.  

1745  Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry on this day in history.  

1748  On April - 20 georg Michael Telemann, composer  

1759  On this day in history georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey  

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

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 this day in history.  

1494  On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

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  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

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

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

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.  

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

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

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