Historical Events In April - 20

0121  The birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor on April - 20.   

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

0850  Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne on this day in history.   

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

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.   

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  During the Council of Florence, Pope Eugenius IV issues the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," which asserts the superiority of the pope over the Councils on this day in history.   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) on April - 20.   

1494  On April - 20 john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1505  Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg on this day in history.   

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1551  On April - 20 john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1632  Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.   

1643  On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75   

1650  VOC-management sets new guidelines on this day in history.   

1653  On April - 20 cromwell routes English parliament to house   

1657  On this day in history battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet   

1662  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

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  On this day in history comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth   

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history 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  The birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history 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  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

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 April - 20.   

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

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on April - 20.   

1164  On this day in history 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  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   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

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

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

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