Historical Events in April, Month of April Events
Here is a list of some historical events in April. You can learn What major event happened in April?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 26, 1920 | Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring seven goals in Canada's 12–1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match. |
| April 18, 1738 | Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid. |
| April 5, 1614 | In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| April 23, 2005 | The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim. |
| April 30, 1982 | The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India. |
| April 16, 1912 | Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. |
| April 13, 1943 | World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility. |
| April 26, 1777 | Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64 km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces |
| April 11, 1814 | The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time. |
| April 16, 1457 | Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.[1] |
| April 30, 1557 | Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile. |
| April 28, 1986 | High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident. |
| April 21, 2021 | Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board. |
| April 24, 1895 | Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray". |
| April 18, 2018 | King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini. |
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