Today is Friday, April 22, the 114th day of 2016. There are 252 days left in the year.
1370 — Bastille begins being built in Paris France
1500 — Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal
1509 — Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England
1526 — First slave revolt occurs in South Carolina
1529 — Treaty of Saragosa Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere
1648 — English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed
1659 — Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
1662 — Royal Society incorporates
1671 — King Charles II sits in on English parliament
1677 — Battle at Catania between French & Dutch fleet