This Day in History
Today: April 20, 2026
1303
The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]
1653
Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.[2]
1657
English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[3]
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.
1775
American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
1789
George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
1792
France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.
1800
The Septinsular Republic is established.
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