Today is Friday, April 1, the 93rd day of 2016. There are 273 days left in the year.
1572 — Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle
1578 — William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
1581 — Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II
1663 — Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)
1724 — Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
1724 — Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier’s letters
1748 —Ruins of Pompeii found
1776 — Friedrich von Klinger’s “Sturm und Drang” premieres in Leipzig
1792 — Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women’s right to divorce
1793 — Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000