Historical Events In April - 20

0121  On this day in history the birth of Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor   

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

0850  On this day in history guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne   

1139  2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome on April - 20.   

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

1314  On April - 20 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.   

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  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

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

1551  On April - 20 john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal   

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

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer on this day in history.   

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

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history vOC-management sets new guidelines   

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

1657  Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet on this day in history.   

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.   

1702  Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth on this day in history.   

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

1745  On April - 20 the birth of Philippe Pinel, First psychiatrist   

1745  Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry on April - 20.   

1748  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

1761  Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer on this day in history.   

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

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

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

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

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

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.   

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.   

1646  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.