20th APRiL ~ HISTORY ON THIS DAY

please enjoy your travel through time on the 20th day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history

20th April History Timeline

1500s / the 16th century on the 20th of April

1535 : The SUN DOG phenomenon was observed in the sky over Stockholm, Sweden, which was depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan by Urban målare, which is lost, but a copy painted by Jacob Elbfas in 1636 still exists in Storkyrkan in Stockholm (video). A sun dog is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that creates 1 or 2 bright spots on a halo surrounding the sun.

Epic Sun Dog phenomenon in Austria on the 29th January 2014 (Active Perspective YouTube video)
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