Today is Saturday, April 9, the 101st day of 2016. There are 265 days left in the year.
1496 — Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria
1497 — Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation,
1500 — Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India
1522 — Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit
1551 — Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne
1562 — Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
1617 — Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
1640 — Pierre Corneilles “Horace” premieres in Paris France
1642 — English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Netherlands