Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

1861  On this day in history robert E Lee resigns from Union army   

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  Safety matches were first advertised this day on April - 20.   

1865  On this day in history chicago's Crosby Opera House opens   

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on April - 20.   

1869  On April - 20 johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1870  Simeon Roncal, composer on April - 20.   

1871  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 sF Bar Association organized   

1872  On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62   

1876  Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) on April - 20.   

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

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

1879  On April - 20 robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)   

1881  Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry"   

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

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

1889  On this day in history adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)   

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

1893  The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star on April - 20.   

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

1894  On April - 20 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  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on this day in history.   

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

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on this day in history.   

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

1901  On April - 20 michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist   

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

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  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.   

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

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