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 27, 1595 | The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world |
| April 26, 1964 | Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania. |
| 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 20, 2012 | One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan. |
| April 18, 1942 | Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France. |
| April 25, 1882 | French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry. |
| April 3, 1920 | Attempts are made to carry out the failed assassination attempt on General Mannerheim, led by Aleksander Weckman by order of Eino Rahja, during the White Guard parade in Tampere, Finland.[13] |
| April 19, 1975 | South Vietnamese forces withdrew from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. |
| April 27, 2007 | Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem. |
| April 26, 1960 | Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule. |
| April 2, 1973 | Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service. |
| April 19, 1770 | Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding. |
| April 19, 2020 | A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.[15] |
| April 3, 1860 | The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. |
| April 27, 1989 | The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. |
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