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 6, 1929 | Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives. |
| April 21, 1506 | The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics. |
| April 4, 801 | King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months. |
| April 6, 1652 | At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town. |
| April 10, 837 | Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). |
| April 1, 1833 | The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin. |
| April 6, 1968 | In the downtown district of Richmond, Indiana, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150. |
| April 5, 1536 | Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph. |
| April 23, 1516 | The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria. |
| April 4, 1905 | In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala. |
| April 14, 1941 | World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya. |
| April 11, 1981 | A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries. |
| April 14, 1894 | The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States. It uses ten Kinetoscopes, devices for peep-show viewing of films. |
| April 25, 1792 | Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine. |
| April 6, 1973 | The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. |
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