Historical Events In April - 05
2348 -BC- Noah's ark grounded, Mount Ararat (calculated date)
0823 Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France
1058 Bishop John "Minchio", [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X
1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights
1242 Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia
1566 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition
1585 Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch
1603 New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London
1614 2nd parliament of King James I begins session (no enactments)
1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
1614 Second parliment of King James I begin session (no enactments)
1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England
1648 Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
1722 Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island
1739 French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty
1751 Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden
1753 British Museum forms (opens in 1759)
1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
1768 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (New York NY)
1792 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto
1803 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D
1806 Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
1812 British storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish
1812 Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish
1814 Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes
1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)
1853 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #24 Themis
1853 Asteroid 24, Themis discovered
1853 DeGasparis discovers his 7th asteroid, Themis (24)
1861 Federals abandon Fort Quitman TX
1862 Siege of Yorktown VA
1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville VA (Appomattox Campaign)
1874 Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus", premieres in Vienna
1881 Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
1886 J Palisa discovers asteroid #257 Silesia
