Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

1861  Robert E Lee resigns from Union army on April - 20.   

1861  Battle of Norfolk, VA on this day in history.   

1862  The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history safety matches were first advertised this day.   

1865  On April - 20 chicago's Crosby Opera House opens   

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on April - 20.   

1869  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1870  On this day in history simeon Roncal, composer   

1871  3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history william Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)   

1872  On this day in history sF Bar Association organized   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20.   

1876  Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) on April - 20.   

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

1879  1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on April - 20.   

1879  On April - 20 robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)   

1881  Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) on April - 20.   

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

1888  On April - 20 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India   

1889  On this day in history the birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany   

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

1890  Adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65) on April - 20.   

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

1893  On April - 20 the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist   

1893  Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last) on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase   

1894  On April - 20 martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)   

1896  On April - 20 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC   

1896  Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door) on this day in history.   

1897  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on April - 20.   

1898  US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens on April - 20.   

1900  On this day in history fred Raymond, composer   

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

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

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.   

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

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

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

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.