Historical Events In April - 20

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

0295  On this day in history 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 April - 20.   

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

1314  On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

1317  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1442  On this day in history edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

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

1505  Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg on this day in history.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1551  On this day in history john Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author on April - 20.   

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

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

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

1650  VOC-management sets new guidelines on April - 20.   

1653  On this day in history cromwell routes English parliament to house   

1657  Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet on April - 20.   

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.   

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

1695  On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

1702  On April - 20 comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth   

1705  Balthasar Schmid, composer on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray," premieres in London   

1725  On April - 20 johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer   

1726  Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer on April - 20.   

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

1745  On this day in history philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry   

1748  Georg Michael Telemann, composer on April - 20.   

1759  Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.   

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

1768  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

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

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20.   

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

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  On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

1317  On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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