Historical Events In April - 20

0121  The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on this day in history.   

0295  On April - 20 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

0850  On April - 20 guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne   

1139  2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on April - 20.   

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.   

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on this day in history.   

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1441  On April - 20 during the Council of Florence, Pope Eugenius IV issues the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," which asserts the superiority of the pope over the Councils   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) on this day in history.   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on April - 20.   

1505  On April - 20 jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg   

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1551  John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on this day in history.   

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

1594  On April - 20 matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1632  On April - 20 nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake   

1643  On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75   

1650  VOC-management sets new guidelines on April - 20.   

1653  Cromwell routes English parliament to house on April - 20.   

1657  On April - 20 battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet   

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1689  The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry on this day in history.   

1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.   

1702  Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth on April - 20.   

1705  On April - 20 balthasar Schmid, composer   

1715  On April - 20 nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London   

1725  On this day in history johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer   

1726  On this day in history jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer   

1745  On April - 20 the birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist   

1745  Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer   

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1761  On April - 20 johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer   

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on April - 20.   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.   

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