Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

1861  Robert E Lee resigns from Union army on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history battle of Norfolk, VA   

1862  On this day in history the first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.   

1865  On this day in history safety matches were first advertised this day.   

1865  On April - 20 chicago's Crosby Opera House opens   

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.   

1870  On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer   

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

1871  William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) on this day in history.   

1872  On April - 20 sF Bar Association organized   

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

1876  On this day in history gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)   

1879  On this day in history the first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus   

1879  1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on this day in history.   

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

1881  On April - 20 nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)   

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

1888  On April - 20 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India   

1889  On April - 20 the birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany   

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

1890  On this day in history adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)   

1893  On April - 20 the birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star   

1893  The birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)   

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

1894  On this day in history martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)   

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 this day in history bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)   

1898  US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens on this day in history.   

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on April - 20.   

1900  On April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies   

1901  On April - 20 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  On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 April - 20.