Historical Events In April - 20

1861  Robert E Lee resigns from Union army on this day in history.   

1861  Battle of Norfolk, VA on April - 20.   

1862  The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard on April - 20.   

1865  Safety matches were first advertised this day on this day in history.   

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

1866  On April - 20 victor Hollaender, composer   

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

1870  Simeon Roncal, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1872  SF Bar Association organized on April - 20.   

1872  On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62   

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

1879  The first mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus on April - 20.   

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

1879  On April - 20 robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)   

1881  On this day in history nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)   

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

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

1889  On this day in history the birth of Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany   

1889  Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45) on April - 20.   

1890  Adolf Scharf, president Austria (1957-65) on April - 20.   

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

1893  On this day in history the birth of Joan Miro, Spanish artist   

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

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

1894  On April - 20 martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)   

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

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

1897  Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh) on April - 20.   

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

1900  Fred Raymond, composer on April - 20.   

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on April - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

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 April - 20 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  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.   

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

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

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

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