Today is Friday, April 8, the 100th day of 2016. There are 266 days left in the year.
1418 — Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant
1586 — Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor
1658 — Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark
1702 — England’s Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III
1706 — Vienna’s Wiener Stadtbank established
1711 — Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder
1722 — Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
1746 — Cumberland’s troops occupy Aberdeen
1754 — Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain