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Events:C/P.
1303 The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
1453 The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn.
1526 The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
1534 Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador.
1535 The Sun dog phenomenon observed over Stockholm and depicted in the famous painting "Vδdersolstavlan".
1653 Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
1657 Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
1657 Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1689 The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
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.
1792 France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
1809 Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1810 The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
1818 The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
1828 Renι Cailliι becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
1836 U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1861 American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1862 Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests.
1865 Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the LImmaculata Concezion.
1871 The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
1876 The April Uprising, a key point in modern Bulgarian history, leading to the Russo-Turkish War and the liberation of Bulgaria from domination as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire.
1884 Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus.
1902 Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1908 Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
1912 Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
1914 19 men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
1916 The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.
1918 Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
1922 The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
1926 Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
1939 Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany.
1939 Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
1945 World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
1945 World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1946 The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
1961 Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed troops against Cuba.
1964 BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
1968 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
1972 Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon.
1978 Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.
1980 Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
1984 The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada.
1985 The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
1986 Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
1998 German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
1999 Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
2007 Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil well explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing twelve workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
1303 The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.
1453 The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn.
1526 The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
1534 Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador.
1535 The Sun dog phenomenon observed over Stockholm and depicted in the famous painting "Vδdersolstavlan".
1653 Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
1657 Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
1657 Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1689 The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
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.
1792 France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
1809 Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1810 The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain.
1818 The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld.
1828 Renι Cailliι becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
1836 U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1861 American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1862 Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests.
1865 Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the LImmaculata Concezion.
1871 The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law.
1876 The April Uprising, a key point in modern Bulgarian history, leading to the Russo-Turkish War and the liberation of Bulgaria from domination as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire.
1884 Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus.
1902 Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1908 Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
1912 Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
1914 19 men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike.
1916 The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.
1918 Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
1922 The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
1926 Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
1939 Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany.
1939 Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit".
1945 World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
1945 World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1946 The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
1961 Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed troops against Cuba.
1964 BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
1968 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech.
1972 Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon.
1978 Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.
1980 Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.
1984 The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada.
1985 The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
1986 Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.
1998 German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.
1999 Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
2007 Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2008 Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil well explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing twelve workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
End of C/P.