Historical Events In October - 20
Monday, 18 February 2019
0460 Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on this day in history.
1097 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch on this day in history.
1139 Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on October - 20.
1187 Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on this day in history.
1268 Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.
1274 On October - 20 engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1382 On this day in history st. Mary's College is founded at Westminster, England.
1435 Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca on this day in history.
1438 On this day in history jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64
1475 On this day in history giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)
1496 Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise on this day in history.
1525 Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on October - 20.
1528 On this day in history treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor & church)
1536 Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions on October - 20.
1576 Spanish troops occupies & plunder Maastricht on October - 20.
1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League on this day in history.
1600 On this day in history battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns)
1603 On October - 20 chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
1632 The birth of Sir Christopher Wren, Mathematician and architect (St Pauls) on this day in history.
1632 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect on October - 20.
1634 On this day in history english King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax
1637 On October - 20 nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)
1676 Christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61 on October - 20.
1679 On October - 20 samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer
1714 On this day in history coronation of British King George I
1714 Georg Ludwig von Hannover crowned as English King George I on October - 20.
1719 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist on October - 20.
1740 On this day in history maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia
1740 Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women) on this day in history.
1740 On October - 20 karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies
1751 Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort on October - 20.
1751 On this day in history hendrik van Stralen, Dutch MP/secretary of Interior
1765 William August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1774 Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment on this day in history.