Page 3: Historical Events In April - 20

1861  On this day in history robert E Lee resigns from Union army   

1861  Battle of Norfolk, VA on this day in history.   

1862  On April - 20 the first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.   

1865  Safety matches were first advertised this day on April - 20.   

1865  Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens on this day in history.   

1866  On April - 20 victor Hollaender, composer   

1869  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1870  Simeon Roncal, composer on April - 20.   

1871  On this day in history 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)   

1871  On April - 20 william Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)   

1872  On April - 20 sF Bar Association organized   

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

1876  On this day in history gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)   

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

1879  1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on this day in history.   

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 April - 20.   

1884  Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" on this day in history.   

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 this day in history adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)   

1890  Adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history the birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star   

1893  On April - 20 the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist   

1893  Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last) on April - 20.   

1894  On this day in history 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase   

1894  Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling) on April - 20.   

1896  1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC on April - 20.   

1896  Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door) on April - 20.   

1897  On this day in history bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)   

1898  On April - 20 uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens   

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on this day in history.   

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  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

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

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

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   

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

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

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.