Historical Events In April - 20

1861  On this day in history robert E Lee resigns from Union army   

1861  On April - 20 battle of Norfolk, VA   

1862  The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on April - 20.   

1865  On April - 20 safety matches were first advertised this day.   

1865  Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens on April - 20.   

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

1869  On April - 20 johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1870  Simeon Roncal, composer on April - 20.   

1871  On April - 20 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)   

1871  William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) on April - 20.   

1872  SF Bar Association organized on this day in history.   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1876  Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) on this day in history.   

1879  On April - 20 the first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus   

1879  On this day in history 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus   

1879  On this day in history robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)   

1881  On this day in history nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)   

1884  Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India   

1889  The birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany on April - 20.   

1889  Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)   

1893  The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist   

1893  On April - 20 harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)   

1894  On April - 20 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase   

1894  Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling) on April - 20.   

1896  On this day in history 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC   

1896  On this day in history senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)   

1897  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on this day in history.   

1898  On April - 20 uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens   

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on April - 20.   

1900  On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies   

1901  On this day in history michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist   

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0702  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.   

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

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1521  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake