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30th April in history

By Harmeet Singh on April 30, 2022

0030 – Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. 1250 – King Louis IX of France was ransomed for one million dollars. 1527 – Henry VIII and…

29th April in History

By Harmeet Singh on April 29, 2022

1289 – Qala’un, the Sultan of Egypt, captured Tripoli. 1429 – Joan of Arc led Orleans, France, to victory over Britain. 1661 – The Chinese…

28th April in History

By Harmeet Singh on April 28, 2022

1686 – The first volume of Isaac Newton’s “Principia Mathamatic” was published. 1789 – A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew…

27th April in history

By sangeeta Saxena on April 27, 2022

1296 – The Scots were defeated by Edward I at the Battle of Dunbar. 1805 – A force led by U.S. Marines captured the city…

26th April in History

By Harmeet Singh on April 26, 2022

1514 – Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn. 1607 – The British established an American colony at Cape Henry, Virginia. It was the first permanent…

25th April in History

By Harmeet Singh on April 25, 2022

1590 – The Sultan of Morocco launched his successful attack to capture Timbuktu. 1644 – The Ming Chongzhen emperor committed suicide by hanging himself. 1707…

24th April in History

By sangeeta Saxena on April 24, 2022

1558 – Mary, Queen of Scotland, married the French dauphin, Francis. 1800 – The Library of Congress was established with a $5,000 allocation. 1805 –…

23rd April in History

By Harmeet Singh on April 23, 2022

1348 – The first English order of knighthood was founded. It was the Order of the Garter. 1564 – Poet, playwright William Shakespeare (“Julius Caesar,” “Romeo and Juliet,”…

22nd April in history’s

By Harmeet Singh on April 22, 2022

1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil. 1509 – Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father…

21st April in history

By Harmeet Singh on April 21, 2022

753 BC – Today is the traditional date of the foundation of Rome. 1526 – Mongol Emperor Babur annihilated the Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi.…

20th April in history

By Harmeet Singh on April 20, 2022

1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake fought his last battle when he destroyed the Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay. 1689 – The siege of…

19th April in history

By Harmeet Singh on April 19, 2022

1539 – Emperor Charles V reached a truce with German Protestants at Frankfurt, Germany. 1587 – English admiral Sir Francis Drake entered Cadiz harbor and…

18th April in History

By Harmeet Singh on April 18, 2022

1521 – Martin Luther confronted the emperor Charles V in the Diet of Worms and refused to retract his views that led to his excommunication.…

17th April in history

By sangeeta Saxena on April 17, 2022

1492 – Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to find a passage to Asia and the Indies. 1521 – Martin Luther was excommunicated from…

16th April in history

By sangeeta Saxena on April 16, 2022

1705 – Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton. 1862 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.…

15th April in history

By sangeeta Saxena on April 15, 2022

1784 – The first balloon was flown in Ireland. 1813 – U.S. troops under James Wilkinson attacked the Spanish-held city of Mobile that would be…

14th April in history

By Harmeet Singh on April 14, 2022

1793 – A royalist rebellion in Santo Domingo was crushed by French republican troops. 1828 – The first edition of Noah Webster’s dictionary was published…

12th April in history

By sangeeta Saxena on April 12, 2022

1861 – American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. 1862 – American…

9th April in history

By Harmeet Singh on April 9, 2022

1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1865 – At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his…