Historical Events In April - 03
0245 -BC- Origin of Era of Arsaces
0309 -BC- Origin of Seleucid Era
0419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1043 Edward the Confessor crowned king of England
1312 2nd council of Vienna
1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France
1559 Spain & France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambr‚sis
1582 French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
1645 English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance
1657 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown
1679 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
1721 Robert Walpole becomes England's 1st Lord of the Treasury
1756 Marquis de Montcalm sails from France for Canada; he will die at the battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1764 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king
1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College
1783 Sweden and US sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce
1790 Revenue Marine Service (US Coast Guard), created
1797 CAPT Thomas Truxtun issued first known American signal book using numerary system
1848 Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher
1856 Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos
1860 Pony Express began between St Joseph MO & Sacramento CA
1864 Skirmish at Okolona AR
1865 Battle at Namozine Church VA (Appomattox Campaign)
1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond VA & Petersburg VA
1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
1872 J C Watson discovers asteroid #119 Althaea
1882 Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
1883 State Premier Thomas McIlwraith claims British New Guinea as a Queensland possession; the claim was later disallowed by Britain.
1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #256 Walpurga and #274 Philagoria
1889 Savings Bank of the Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond VA
1893 1st New South Wales vs Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
1898 In the Yukon at Chilkoot Pass avalanche kills 88 men during the Klondike gold rush.
1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #562 Salome
1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hours
1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed
