Historical Events In April - 20

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

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

0850  On this day in history guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne   

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

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 this day in history 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  On April - 20 edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

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

1505  On April - 20 jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg   

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  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer on April - 20.   

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

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

1650  On April - 20 vOC-management sets new guidelines   

1653  Cromwell routes English parliament to house on this day in history.   

1657  On April - 20 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  On April - 20 the former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.   

1695  On this day in history georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

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

1705  On April - 20 balthasar Schmid, composer   

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 April - 20 jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer   

1745  On this day in history the birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist   

1745  On April - 20 philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry   

1748  On April - 20 georg Michael Telemann, composer   

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

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