Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

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

1861  Battle of Norfolk, VA on this day in history.   

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

1866  On this day in history victor Hollaender, composer   

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

1870  Simeon Roncal, composer on April - 20.   

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

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

1872  On April - 20 sF Bar Association organized   

1872  On this day in history ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62   

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 April - 20.   

1879  On April - 20 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  On this day in history nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)   

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 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 April - 20.   

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

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

1893  Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last) on April - 20.   

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

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  On April - 20 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  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.   

1901  On April - 20 michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

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 this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake