April 13 1598 The Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenots in France. 1742 Handel’s Messiah was first publicly performed in Dublin, Ireland.…
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This Day In History — Civil War Begins
April 12 1861 The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was attacked. 1862 James J. Andrews led the raiding party that stole the Confederate locomotive…
View More This Day In History — Civil War BeginsThis Day In History—Napoleon Exiled to Elba
April 11 1814 Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. 1899 The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect. 1921 Iowa imposed the first…
View More This Day In History—Napoleon Exiled to ElbaThis Day In History—The Titanic Embarks on Fated Journey
April 10 1790 The U.S. patent system was formed. 1849 The safety pin was patented by Walter Hunt, in New York. 1866 The American Society…
View More This Day In History—The Titanic Embarks on Fated JourneyThis Day in History — War of Jenkins’s Ear Begins
April 09 1731 Robert Jenkins’s ear was cut off, sparking the War of Jenkins’s Ear between Spain and England. 1865 Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered…
View More This Day in History — War of Jenkins’s Ear BeginsThis Day In History — Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s Home-run Record
April 08 1513 Ponce de León claimed Florida for Spain. 1913 The 17th Amendment was ratified, requiring the direct election of U.S. senators by popular…
View More This Day In History — Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s Home-run RecordThis Day In History — Rwandan Genocide Begins
April 07 1862 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh. 1913 5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C.…
View More This Day In History — Rwandan Genocide BeginsThis Day In History — First modern Olympic Games open in Athens
April 06 1830 Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York. 1862 The Battle of…
View More This Day In History — First modern Olympic Games open in AthensThis Day In History — Pocahontas Marries John Rolfe
April 05 1614 Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 1792 George Washington cast the first presidential veto. 1887 Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by…
View More This Day In History — Pocahontas Marries John RolfeThis Day In History—-U.S. Flag adopted in 1818
April 04 1818 Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state. 1841 President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, one month after…
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