Historical Events In April - 05
Friday, 20 March 2026
0000 Noah's ark grounded, Mt Ararat (acording to scholars' estimate). 

0456 St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop 

0582 Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512). 

0823 Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France. 

0828 Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77. 

1058 Bishop John "Minchio", [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X. 

1058 Bishop John "Minchio," [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X. 

1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights 

1242 Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia. 

1258 Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies. 

1270 Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies 

1531 Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop. 

1566 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition 

1585 Clemens Crabbeels is recorded as becoming bishop of Hertogenbosch. 

1588 Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher is born 

1588 Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) 

1595 John Wilson, composer 

1598 Laurentius Erhard, composer 

1603 New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London 

1605 Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) 

1609 Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa 

1614 2nd parliament of King James I begins session (no enactments) 

1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. 

1614 Second parliment of King James I begin session (no enactments) 

1614 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments). 

1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England. 

1626 Jan van Kessel, Flemish painter. 

1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine/fieldmarshal in Austria 

1648 Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples 

1649 Elihu Yale, Founder of American Yale University is born. 

1649 Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale. 

1649 John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61 

1673 Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 

1684 William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st pres of Royal Society, dies. 

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