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 this day in history the first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.   

1865  On April - 20 safety matches were first advertised this day.   

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

1866  On April - 20 victor Hollaender, composer   

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

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

1872  On this day in history sF Bar Association organized   

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

1876  On this day in history gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)   

1879  On this day in history 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  Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) on April - 20.   

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

1884  Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" on April - 20.   

1888  246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India on April - 20.   

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

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

1890  On April - 20 adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)   

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

1894  On April - 20 martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)   

1896  On this day in history 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC   

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

1897  On this day in history bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)   

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

1900  On April - 20 fred Raymond, composer   

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history 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  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 April - 20.   

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

1314  On April - 20 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  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

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