Historical Events In April - 20

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

1861  Battle of Norfolk, VA on April - 20.  

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

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  On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer  

1871  On April - 20 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)  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1889  The birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany on April - 20.  

1889  Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  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 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  US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens on April - 20.  

1900  On April - 20 fred Raymond, composer  

1900  On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies  

1901  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 April - 20.  

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on April - 20.  

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

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)  

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  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 April - 20.  

1534  On April - 20 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 April - 20.