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Events:C/P.
43 BC Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Hirtius.
69 Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.
70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.
193 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
966 After his marriage to the Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
1028 Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans.
1205 Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
1294 Temόr, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
1341 Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
1434 The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
1471 In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
1639 Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Year's War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
1699 Khalsa: The Sikh Religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in Northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
1715 The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina.
1775 The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1816 Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
1828 Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
1846 The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1860 The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.
1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th).
1865 U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
1890 The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
1894 The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
1906 The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1909 A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia.
1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
1927 The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1928 The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1931 The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
1931 First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain.
1935 "Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.
1939 The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
1940 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
1941 World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
1942 Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.
1944 Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
1945 Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
1956 In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.
1958 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.
1967 Gnassingbι Eyadιma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
1969 At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
1978 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1981 STS-1 The first operational space shuttle, Columbia (OV-102) completes its first test flight.
1986 In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
1986 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
1988 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
1988 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
1991 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
1999 NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
1999 A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
2002 Venezuelan President Hugo Chαvez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
2003 U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
2005 The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2007 At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
2010 Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.
Events:C/P.
43 BC Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Hirtius.
69 Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.
70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.
193 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
966 After his marriage to the Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
1028 Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans.
1205 Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
1294 Temόr, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
1341 Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
1434 The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
1471 In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
1639 Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Year's War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
1699 Khalsa: The Sikh Religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in Northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
1715 The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina.
1775 The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1816 Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
1828 Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
1846 The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1860 The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.
1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th).
1865 U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
1890 The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
1894 The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
1906 The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
1909 A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia.
1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
1927 The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1928 The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1931 The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
1931 First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain.
1935 "Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.
1939 The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
1940 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
1941 World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
1942 Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.
1944 Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
1945 Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
1956 In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.
1958 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.
1967 Gnassingbι Eyadιma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
1969 At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
1978 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1981 STS-1 The first operational space shuttle, Columbia (OV-102) completes its first test flight.
1986 In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
1986 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
1988 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
1988 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
1991 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
1999 NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
1999 A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
2002 Venezuelan President Hugo Chαvez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
2003 U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
2005 The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2007 At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
2010 Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.