Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

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

1861  On this day in history battle of Norfolk, VA   

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

1865  Safety matches were first advertised this day on this day in history.   

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

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

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

1870  On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer   

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

1871  On April - 20 william Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)   

1872  SF Bar Association organized on April - 20.   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20.   

1876  Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) on this day in history.   

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

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

1879  On this day in history robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)   

1881  Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) on April - 20.   

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  On this day in history the birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany   

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

1890  Adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65) on this day in history.   

1893  The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star on this day in history.   

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

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

1894  136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1897  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on this day in history.   

1898  On April - 20 uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens   

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on this day in history.   

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on April - 20.   

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 this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.   

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

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

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

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.