Historical Events In April - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0121 On this day in history the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor
0295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on April - 20.
0850 On this day in history guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne
1139 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on this day in history.
1164 Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.
1314 On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
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 On April - 20 edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)
1494 John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on this day in history.
1505 On April - 20 jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg
1534 Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.
1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on April - 20.
1592 On April - 20 john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
1594 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer on April - 20.
1632 Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.
1643 On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
1650 On April - 20 vOC-management sets new guidelines
1653 On this day in history cromwell routes English parliament to house
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 April - 20.
1689 On this day in history the former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.
1702 On April - 20 comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth
1705 Balthasar Schmid, composer on April - 20.
1715 Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London on April - 20.
1725 Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer on April - 20.
1726 On April - 20 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer
1745 The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on April - 20.
1745 On April - 20 philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
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 this day in history.
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