Historical Events In April - 04
0896 Formosus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-General of the Jesuits
1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
1581 Frances Drake completres circumnavigation of the world
1581 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world and is knighted
1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
1660 English King Charles II ends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion)
1687 English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church
1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
1776 Continental Navy frigate Columbus captures HM Tender Hawke, first American capture of British armed vessel
1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated
1854 Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai
1858 Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence)
1858 R Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso
1859 The opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)
1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800
1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)
1896 Announcement of Gold in the Yukon
1896 News of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world.
1898 Appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks
1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet
1902 British financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University.
