Historical Events In October - 20

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on October - 20.   

1097  1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch on this day in history.   

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on October - 20.   

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on October - 20.   

1268  On this day in history conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies   

1274  On this day in history engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1382  On October - 20 st. Mary's College is founded at Westminster, England.   

1435  On this day in history andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1438  Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 on October - 20.   

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) on this day in history.   

1496  On October - 20 claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on October - 20.   

1528  On October - 20 treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor & church)   

1536  On October - 20 danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions   

1576  On October - 20 spanish troops occupies & plunder Maastricht   

1587  On this day in history battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League   

1600  Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns) on October - 20.   

1603  Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed on this day in history.   

1632  The birth of Sir Christopher Wren, Mathematician and architect (St Pauls) on this day in history.   

1632  On October - 20 christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

1634  On October - 20 english King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax   

1637  On October - 20 nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1676  On October - 20 christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61   

1679  Samuel von Cocceji, German lawyer on October - 20.   

1714  On this day in history coronation of British King George I   

1714  Georg Ludwig von Hannover crowned as English King George I on this day in history.   

1719  On October - 20 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist   

1740  On October - 20 maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia   

1740  Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women) on October - 20.   

1740  On October - 20 karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies   

1751  Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort on this day in history.   

1751  Hendrik van Stralen, Dutch MP/secretary of Interior on October - 20.   

1765  On this day in history william August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44   

1774  Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment on October - 20.   

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1435  On October - 20 birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on October - 20.   

1496  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  On October - 20 birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on October - 20.   

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on this day in history.   

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on October - 20.   

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on October - 20.   

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on this day in history.   

1187  On this day in history urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on this day in history.   

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1438  Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 on October - 20.   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on October - 20.   

1570  On October - 20 death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)