On this day ......

[unloadonme]

11 April 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England

 

[unloadonme]

14 April 1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Barnet

 

[unloadonme]

16 April 1457 BC – Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(15th_century_BC)

 

[unloadonme]

18 April 1802 – Death of Erasmus Darwin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin

 

[unloadonme]

19 April 1758 – Birth of Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carnegie,_7th_Earl_of_Northesk

 

[unloadonme]

23 April - St George's Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George

 

[BillyT]

April 23 - Russia (USSR) launched Soyuz 1 carrying Vladimir Komarov into space.

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[unloadonme]

24 April 1815 – Birth of Anthony Trollope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Trollope

 

[BillyT]

April 24, 1953 - Winston Churchill is Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

 

[unloadonme]

25 April 1284 – Birth of King Edward II of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_II_of_England

 

[BillyT]

April 25 1214 - Birth of Louis IX of France

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[unloadonme]

28 April 1442 – Birth of King Edward IV of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

 

[BillyT]

April 28, 1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as the President of France.

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[unloadonme]

29 April 1818 – Birth of Tsar Alexander II of Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia

 

[BillyT]

April 29, 1945 - Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp

 

[unloadonme]

30 April 1909 – Birth of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_of_the_Netherlands

 

[BillyT]

April 30, 1812 - The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.

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[unloadonme]

1 May 1769 – Birth of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington

 

[unloadonme]

2 May 1859 – Birth of Jerome K Jerome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_K._Jerome

 

[BillyT]

May 2, 1729 - Birth of Catherine the Great, of Russia

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