Historical Events In April - 20

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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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  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 April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20.   

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.   

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

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

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

1314  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

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