Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

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

1861  On this day in history battle of Norfolk, VA   

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 this day in history chicago's Crosby Opera House opens   

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.   

1870  On this day in history simeon Roncal, composer   

1871  On April - 20 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)   

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

1872  SF Bar Association organized on this day in history.   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1876  Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) on this day in history.   

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

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

1879  Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) on this day in history.   

1881  Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry"   

1888  246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India on this day in history.   

1889  The birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany on this day in history.   

1889  On April - 20 adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)   

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 this day in history the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist   

1893  On April - 20 harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)   

1894  136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase on April - 20.   

1894  On this day in history martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)   

1896  1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1896  On April - 20 senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)   

1897  On April - 20 bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)   

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

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on April - 20.   

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.   

1901  Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist on this day in history.   

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

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

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

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

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

1632  On April - 20 death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake