Holidays and observances on April 20

13 observances are celebrated on April 20 around the world: Christian feast day: Agnes of Montepulciano, Christian feast day: Pope Anicetus, Christian feast day: Blessed Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz, Christian feast day: Beuno, Christian feast day: Blessed James Bell and John Finch, Christian feast day: Johannes Bugenhagen (Lutheran). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.

49 documented historical events happened on April 20, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring Vädersolstavlan, the oldest coloured depiction of the city. On the same day, in another year: Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation in present-day Colombia, was conquered by Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.