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SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2017

Today is Saturday, April 22, the 112nd day of 2017. There are 253 days left in the year.1370 — Bastille begins being built in Paris France1500 — Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal1509 — Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England1529 — Treaty of Saragosa Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere1648 — English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed1659 — Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament1671 — King Charles II sits in on English parliament1677 — Battle at Catania between French & Dutch fleet1692 — Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft

Apr 21, 2017

FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2017

Today is Friday, April 21, the 111st day of 2017. There are 254 days left in the year.1526 — Battle at Panipat Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi1649 — Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship1654 — England & Sweden sign trade agreement1689 — William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England1739 — Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord1785 — Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges1857 — Alexander Douglas patents the bustle1865 — Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train leaves Washington1878 — The ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia

Apr 20, 2017

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017

Today is Thursday, April 20, the 110th day of 2017. There are 255 days left in the year.1505 — Jews are expelled from Orange Burgundy by Philibert of Luxembourg1551 — John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal1650 — VOC-management sets new guidelines1653 — Cromwell routes English parliament to house1770 — Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales1775 — British begin siege of Boston1777 — New York adopts new constitution as an independent state1792 — France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia1799 — Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews

Apr 19, 2017

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017

Today is Wednesday, April 19, the 109th day of 2017. There are 256 days left in the year.1539 — Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt1552 — Mauritius of Saksen captures Karel1587 — Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet1591 — Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France1619 — Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam1713 — Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions1770 — Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname1770 — Captain James Cook 1st sees Australia1774 — Glucks opera “Iphigenia in Aulis” premieres in Paris France

Apr 18, 2017

TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017

Today is Tuesday, April 18, the 108th day of 2017. There are 257 days left in the year.1834 — Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia1835 — William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British government1838 — Wilkes’ expedition to South Pole sails1839 — Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)1856 — Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns1861 — Colonel Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies1868 — San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed1876 — Daniel O’Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 minutes1879 — Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on Indians citizen rights begins 

Apr 17, 2017

MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2017

Today is Monday, April 17, the 107th day of 2017. There are 258 days left in the year.1524 — Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay1534 — Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower1555 — Siena surrenders for Spanish troops1596 — Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais1711 — Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria1747 — French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands1839 — Guatemala forms republic1853 — U.S. Marine Hospital at Presidio (San Francisco) established1853 — Thorbecke government resigns 1861 — Virginia become eighth state to secede 

Apr 16, 2017

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2017

Today is Saturday, April 15, the 105th day of 2017. There are 260 days left in the year.1250 — Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue1450 — French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years’ War1493 — Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella1581 — Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal1594 — Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II1621 — Hugo the Great arrives in France1632 — Swedish & Saxon army beat Earl Tilly1654 — England & Netherlands signs peace treaty1689 — French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain

Apr 14, 2017

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2017

Today is Friday, April 14, the 104th day of 2017. There are 261 days left in the year.1614 — Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe1629 — England & France sign Peace of Susa1671 — Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin1756 — Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia Indians1775 — First abolitionist society in U.S. organizes in Philadelphia1777 — New York adopts new constitution as an independent state1792 — France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars1799 — Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews1809 — Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria

Apr 13, 2017

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017

Today is Thursday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2017. There are 262 days left in the year.1556 — Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope1598 — Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots1741 — Dutch people protest bad quality of bread1741 — Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich1759 — French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen1796 — First elephant arrives in U.S. from Bengal India1796 — Battle at Millesimo Italy Napoleon beats Austrians1808 — William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects the tap dance1829 — English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics

Apr 12, 2017

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017

Today is Wednesday, April 12, the 102nd day of 2017. There are 263 days left in the year.1606 — England adopts the Union Jack as its flag1648 — University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens1654 — England, Ireland & Scotland unite1709 — First edition of Tattler magazine in England1770 — Townsend Acts repealed1776 — Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina1782 — Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies British fleet beats French1787 — Philadelphia’s Free African Society forms1811 — First U.S. colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment1826 — Weber’s opera "Oberon" premieres in London

Apr 11, 2017

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