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  The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on April - 20.   

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

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

1866  On this day in history victor Hollaender, composer   

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

1870  On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer   

1871  On this day in history 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)   

1871  On this day in history william Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)   

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

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

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

1884  Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" on this day in history.   

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

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

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 April - 20 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  Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling) on this day in history.   

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 April - 20.   

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

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history 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 April - 20.   

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  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

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 April - 20.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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  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.