Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

1861  Robert E Lee resigns from Union army on April - 20.   

1861  On April - 20 battle of Norfolk, VA   

1862  On April - 20 the first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.   

1865  On April - 20 safety matches were first advertised this day.   

1865  Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens on April - 20.   

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on April - 20.   

1869  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1870  On this day in history simeon Roncal, composer   

1871  On April - 20 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)   

1871  William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) on April - 20.   

1872  SF Bar Association organized on this day in history.   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1876  On April - 20 gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)   

1879  The first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on this day in history.   

1879  1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on April - 20.   

1879  Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) on April - 20.   

1881  On this day in history nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)   

1884  On April - 20 pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry"   

1888  On this day in history 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India   

1889  The birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany on April - 20.   

1889  Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) on April - 20.   

1890  Adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65) on April - 20.   

1893  On this day in history the birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star   

1893  On April - 20 the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist   

1893  On April - 20 harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)   

1894  136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase on April - 20.   

1894  Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling) on April - 20.   

1896  1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC on April - 20.   

1896  On April - 20 senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)   

1897  On April - 20 bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)   

1898  On this day in history uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens   

1900  On this day in history fred Raymond, composer   

1900  On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies   

1901  On this day in history michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist   

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

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

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

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20.   

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  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

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

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

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

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

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

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

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.