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  Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne on April - 20.   

1139  2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on this day in history.   

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

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

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 April - 20.   

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

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister on this day in history.   

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

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

1551  John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal on April - 20.   

1592  On this day in history john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  On April - 20 matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1632  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1653  On April - 20 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 this day in history.   

1689  The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry on April - 20.   

1695  On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

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

1705  On this day in history balthasar Schmid, composer   

1715  Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1725  Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer on April - 20.   

1726  On this day in history 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  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on April - 20.   

1759  On April - 20 georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

1761  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on April - 20.   

1768  On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70   

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

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.   

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

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

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

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

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

1176  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

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

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

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