April 20

April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 255 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1303 ??? The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601???1900 1653 ??? Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. 1657 ??? English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 1657 ??? Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). 1752 ??? Start of Konbaung???Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740???57). 1770 ??? The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza....

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