Historical Events In April - 20

1861  On April - 20 robert E Lee resigns from Union army  

1861  Battle of Norfolk, VA on April - 20.  

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  Victor Hollaender, composer on this day in history.  

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1870  On April - 20 simeon Roncal, composer  

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

1871  William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) on this day in history.  

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  The first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on April - 20.  

1879  On this day in history 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus  

1879  On this day in history robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)  

1881  On this day in history nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)  

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

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 this day in history adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)  

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

1896  Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door) on this day in history.  

1897  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on April - 20.  

1898  US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens on April - 20.  

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on April - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)  

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

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on April - 20.  

1317  On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies  

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

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  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.