Historical Events In April - 20

1769  In Cahokia Illinois, Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas, murdered by an Illinois Indian; six years earlier he helped lead the Ottawa, Hurons (Wyandots), Potawatomis and Ojibwas in a rising against the British garrisons on the Great Lakes on April - 20.  

1769  Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on this day in history.  

1770  Capt Cook arrives in New South Wales on April - 20.  

1775  On April - 20 british begin siege of Boston  

1775  On this day in history british begin siege of Boston As a result, New York adopts new constitution as an independent state  

1777  On April - 20 new York adopts new constitution as an independent state  

1782  On this day in history netherlands recognizes US  

1786  On April - 20 john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21  

1792  On April - 20 france declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia  

1799  Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Tod," premieres in Weimar on this day in history.  

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1808  On this day in history louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)  

1809  On April - 20 napolean I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria  

1809  On this day in history napoleon I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria  

1809  On this day in history john Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881  

1810  On this day in history the Governors of Caracas declares the national sovereignty from Spain.  

1812  On April - 20 george Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office  

1820  On April - 20 arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

1821  On April - 20 franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

1824  Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 on April - 20.  

1826  On April - 20 dina M Craik, writer  

1827  John Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896 on this day in history.  

1828  On April - 20 rené Caillié is first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.  

1832  On April - 20 hot Springs National Park, the first national park in the U.S., was established by an act of Congress  

1836  Territory of Wisconsin created on April - 20.  

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on April - 20.  

1839  On this day in history carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)  

1839  On April - 20 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies  

1841  On April - 20 first detective story (Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue") published  

1841  On this day in history 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published  

1850  Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man) on April - 20.  

1853  On April - 20 harriet Tubman starts Underground Railroad  

1857  Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day) on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history auguste Chapuis, composer  

1860  On April - 20 charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine)  

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0702  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  On this day in history 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 April - 20 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  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on April - 20.  

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

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.  

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on April - 20.  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.  

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.  

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