Today is Saturday, April 23, the 115th day of 2016. There are 251 days left in the year.
1145 — 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
1164 — Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III
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