Historical Events In April - 06
Saturday, 11 April 2026
0000 Earliest recorded solar eclipse. 

0000 Jesus (according to scholars' estimates, Religious leader) is born. 

0402 Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten 

0610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth 

0648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks 

0774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy. 

0885 Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies 

0912 Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 

1106 Fire in Venice. 

1199 Richard I the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41. 

1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 

1252 Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 

1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath 

1327 Italian poet Petrarch inaugural sets eyes on his beloved Laura 

1327 Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura 

1348 Italian poet Petrarch's beloved Laura dies of plague 

1348 Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague. 

1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France. 

1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle. 

1385 John, Master of the Order of Aviz, is made king John I of Portugal. 

1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies 

1483 Raphael, Italian painter is born 

1483 Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina). 

1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded. 

1490 Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies 

1516 A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este 

1520 Raphael artist dies on his 37th birthday. 

1520 Raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday. 

1528 Albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56 

1551 Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 

1571 John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician. 

1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57. 

1593 Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged 

1605 John Stow, British historian, dies. 

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