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

1865  On this day in history safety matches were first advertised this day.   

1865  On April - 20 chicago's Crosby Opera House opens   

1866  Victor Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

1869  On April - 20 johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1870  On this day in history simeon Roncal, composer   

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

1871  William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp) on this day in history.   

1872  SF Bar Association organized on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62   

1876  Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange) on April - 20.   

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

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

1879  Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance) on April - 20.   

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

1884  Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" on April - 20.   

1888  On April - 20 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India   

1889  The birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany on April - 20.   

1889  Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65)   

1893  The birth of Harold Lloyd, American silent film star on this day in history.   

1893  The birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door) on this day in history.   

1897  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1901  On this day in history michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

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

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

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

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)   

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.   

1314  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies   

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.   

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

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

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