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April 6 in history

224 sourced entries recorded on April 6, from 648 BCE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 648 BCEThe earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks is observed.source
  • 46 BCECaesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio and Juba I of Numidia at Thapsus. After the battle Caesar grants Legio V Alaudae the right to bear the elephant symbol on its shields and standards, for bravery against a charge of elephants.source
  • 402Battle of Pollentia: Stilicho recalls troops from Britain and the Rhine frontier to defend Italy. He decides to attack the Goths on Easter Sunday, and manages to capture Alaric's wife and children.source
  • 954April 6–10 – The Hungarians besiege Cambrai and burn its suburbs, but they are unable to conquer the city. One of Bulcsú's relatives is killed by the defenders, who refuse to pass his body over to the Hungarians. As a revenge, they kill all their captives.source
  • 1152King Stephen has his nobles swear fealty to his son Eustace, as the rightful heir of the English throne. Theobald, archbishop of Canterbury, and other bishops refuse to crown Eustace favouring Henry of Anjou to claim the throne instead. Stephen confiscates their property and Theobald is forced into exile in Flanders.source
  • 1199on the death of his brother, Richard I of England, Prince John, Lord of Ireland, becomes King of England, thus bringing Ireland under the direct rule of the English Crown.source
  • 1320signing of Declaration of Arbroathsource
  • 1320Declaration of Arbroath: King Robert the Bruce sends a letter to Pope John XXII. He asks him to recognize Scottish sovereignty, and Robert's right to be ruler of Scotland, hoping that he will lift the excommunication order under which Robert is being held for the death of John Comyn III.source
  • 1326Siege of Bursa: Ottoman forces (some 10,000 men) led by Sultan Orhan I capture the Byzantine city of Bursa. Orhan makes Bursa the first official Ottoman capital.source
  • 1327April 6 (Good Friday) – Francesco Petrarca, Italian scholar and poet, sees a woman he names Laura (possibly Laura de Noves) in the church of Sainte-Claire d'Avignon, which awakes in him a lasting passion. He writes a series of sonnets and other poems in Italian dedicated to her, which are collected into Il Canzoniere, an influential model for Renaissance culture.source
  • 1362Battle of Brignais: The Free Companies defeat a French army.source
  • 1362A fire destroys much of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.source
  • 1369King Edward III summons the members of the House of Lords and House of Commons to assemble on June 3 for a session of the English Parliament.source
  • 1369The city of Lucca in Italy pays the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V for the right for self-government, and Cardinal Guy de Montfort is appointed the imperial vicar to secure the debt.source
  • 1385At Coimbra, João, Master of Aviz, son of the late King Pedro I of Portugal, is declared by the Cortes of Coimbra to be the new King of Portugal.source
  • 1391Antoniotto Adorno returns to office as Doge of the Republic of Genoa after persuading Doge Giacomo Fregoso (who had replaced him eight months earlier) to resign.source
  • 1414China's Emperor Cheng Zu departs from Beijing to lead a military campaign against the Oirat Mongols.source
  • 1415The decree Haec sancta synodus is approved by the Council of Constance and sets the precedent that an ecumenical council of cardinals and bishops has superiority over the Pope. The decree provides that a council "legitimately assembled in the Holy Spirit... has power immediately from Christ; and that everyone of whatever state or dignity, even papal (in the Latin text,etiam si papalis), is bound to obey it in those matters which pertain to the faith."source
  • 1428Dano-Hanseatic War (1426–1435): The bombardment of Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, by ships of the Northern German Hanseatic League takes place and is repelled by the Danish Navy.source
  • 1442Thihathu is enthroned as the new Burmese King Narapati I of Ava.source
  • 1453The Ottoman Empire declares war against the Byzantines, beginning the Siege of Constantinople.source
  • 1480King Afonso V of Portugal orders his navy to "capture anyone trading illegally in Africa, and to throw the goods and ship's crew into the sea.source
  • 1489At Jodhpur, in what is now the state of Rajasthan in India, Rao Satal becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of Marwar upon the death of his father, King Rao Jodha.source
  • 1512A truce was concluded in Rome, between the emperor Maximilian I and the Republic of Venice. It was ratified on 20 May by the emperor, thus ending imperial participation in the League of Cambrai.source
  • 1520Swedish defeat outside Uppsala.source
  • 1536Count's Feud: Malmø surrenders to King Christian III of Denmark.source
  • 1538In India, Sher Shah Suri, who had been the Mughal Empire's Governor of the Bihar Subah province, declares the founding of the Sur Empire and crowns himself as Emperor in a ceremony at Delhi.source
  • 1575Antoine I de Gramont, Lord Sovereign of the Principality of Bidache in the French Pyrennees Mountains, promulgates a legal code for his people.source
  • 1580The Dover Straits earthquake occurs.source
  • 1619A royal decree states that everybody who builds a "good house" in Christianshavn will get a deed on the lots and several years of tax discounts.source
  • 1628Damat Halil Pasha is fired from his position as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire by Sultan Murad IV after failing again to suppress the rebellion started by Abaza Mehmed Pasha or to win the war of the Ottomans against Persia. Halil is replaced by Gazi Hüsrev Pasha.source
  • 1631War of the Mantuan Succession is ended by the Treaty of Cherasco (confirmed 19 June) by which France renounces its conquests in Italy but in fact by secret agreement retains Pinerolo.source
  • 1652Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope in modern-day South Africa, thus founding Cape Town.source
  • 1659Council of Officers petitions Parliament to oppose Royalists and make up arrears of army pay.source
  • 1667The 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake in the Republic of Ragusa (part of modern-day Croatia) kills as many as 5,000 people, roughly one sixth of the population, and levels most of the buildings in Dubrovnik.source
  • 1672The County of Frijsenborg is established by Mogens Friis from the manors of Frijsenborg, Jernit, Søbygård, Østergård, Favrskov, Lyngballe, Fuglsang, Frijsendal, Boller, Christiansminde, Thyrasminde and Møgelkær.source
  • 1677Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor visits the University of Innsbruck.source
  • 1686Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is replaced as Lord Chancellor of Ireland (after serving for twenty years) by Sir Charles Porter.source
  • 1690Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor issues a document inviting Serbians to resettle in Hungary, at this time a part of the Empire.source
  • 1704Sir Humphrey Mackworth proposes to the SPCK the "Erection of libraries in Wales".source
  • 1712April 6–7 – New York Slave Revolt of 1712: An insurrection in New York City results in nine whites being killed, and 21 slaves and other blacks being convicted and executed.source
  • 1724Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne becomes Secretary of State for the Southern Department; Henry Pelham becomes Secretary at War.source
  • 1733Royal Colony of North Carolina Commissioners John Watson, Joshua Grainger, Michael Higgins and James Wimble begin selling lots for the town of New Carthage (which is later renamed and is now Wilmington, North Carolina), on the east side of the Cape Fear River.source
  • 1733After British Prime Minister Robert Walpole's proposed excise tax bill results in rioting over the imposition of additional taxes and the use of government agents to collect them, Walpole informs the House of Commons that he will withdraw the legislation.source
  • 1733after Prime Minister Robert Walpole's proposed excise tax bill to replace tariffs on wine and tobacco results in rioting over the imposition of additional taxes and the use of government agents to collect them, Walpole informs the House of Commons that he will withdraw the legislation.source
  • 1741The New York Slave Insurrection, a plot to set fire to New York City, is discovered.source
  • 1752Spanish Governor Tomás Vélez Cachupín of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, a province that now comprises most of the American state of New Mexico, begins the first peace negotiations with the indigenous Comanche tribe after inviting tribal representatives to his home in Taos. As a sign of good faith, he unconditionally releases the four Comanche prisoners of war held at Taos. One of the released Comanches reports to his father, Chief Guanacante, about the hospitality extended to him during his imprisonment, and more meetings take place in July and in the autumn.source
  • 1763The Théâtre du Palais-Royal, home to the Paris Opera for almost 90 years, is destroyed in an accidental fire.source
  • 1781The rebellion by Túpac Amaru II, against the Spanish colonial government of Peru, is ended as Tupac, his wife and two of his sons are captured at Checacupe. "The Rebellion of Tupac-Amaru II", in The Hispanic American Historical Review (February 1919) p20source
  • 1782Rama I overthrows King Taksin of Siam (now Thailand) in a coup d'état, and moves the political capital from Thonburi, across the Chao Phraya River to Rattanakosin Island, the historic center of Bangkok.source
  • 1789At Federal Hall, the United States Senate attains its first quorum, and elects John Langdon of Pennsylvania as its first president pro tempore. Later that day, the Senate and the House of Representatives meet in joint session for the first time, and the electoral votes of the first U.S. presidential election are counted. General George Washington is certified as president-elect, and John Adams is certified as vice-president elect.source
  • 1793French Revolutionary Wars: The Committee of Public Safety is established in France, with Georges Danton as its head.source
  • 1800War of the Second Coalition: Siege of Genoa – General André Masséna is surrounded by 40,000 Austrian troops under Field Marshal Michael von Melas and blockaded by a strong British squadron under Lord Keith.source
  • 1807April 4–12 – Froberg mutiny: The British suppress a mutiny at Fort Ricasoli, Malta, by men of the irregularly-recruited Froberg Regiment.source
  • 1808John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.source
  • 1808John Jacob Astor founds the American Fur Company.source
  • 1811April 5–6 – Revolutionary riots occur in Buenos Aires.source
  • 1814Napoleonic Wars – Bourbon Restoration: Louis XVIII is invited to occupy the restored French throne.source
  • 1816March 29–April 10 – The Second Bank of the United States obtains its charter.source
  • 1816March 30–April 11 – In Philadelphia, the African Methodist Episcopal Church is established by Richard Allen and other African-American Methodists, the first such denomination in the U.S. completely independent of White churches.source
  • 1819June 21 – The French slave ship Le Rodeur sails from Bonny in West Africa to Guadeloupe in the West Indies. In the course of the transatlantic voyage many onboard become blind, and 30 slaves are thrown overboard as a consequence.source
  • 18196 April–21 June - French slave ship Le Rodeur sails from Bonny in West Africa to Guadeloupe in the West Indies; in the course of the transatlantic voyage all onboard become blind, and slaves are thrown overboard as a consequence.source
  • 1823French cross the river Bidasoa on the Franco-Spanish bordersource
  • 1830The Law of April 6, 1830 was passed encouraging Mexican settlement and forbidding American settlement within Coahuila y Tejassource
  • 1830Joseph Smith and five others organize the Church of Christ (later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), the first formally organized church of the Latter Day Saint movement, in northwestern New York.source
  • 1832The Black Hawk War begins in the United States.source
  • 1840George Clarke is appointed Protector of Aborigines by Governor Hobson.source
  • 1844John Gavin is the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia. Gavin, a fifteen-year-old apprentice, was found guilty of the murder of his employer's son, George Pollard.source
  • 1847Law on "offences against the king" provides for prison sentences from 6 months to 3 years and fines of between 300 and 3000 francs for threats and insults against the head of state.source
  • 1849Shanghai French Concession createdsource
  • 1849Hungarian Revolution of 1848 – Battle of Isaszeg: The main Hungarian forces, led by Arthur Görgey, defeat the main imperial forces, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, forcing them to retreat westward.source
  • 1851Henry Edward Manning is received into the Roman Catholic Church.source
  • 1857April 1–8 – Reform War: Crabb Massacresource
  • 1862April 6–7– Battle of Shiloh – The Union Army, under General Ulysses S. Grant, defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee.source
  • 1865German chemicals producer Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik (BASF) is founded in Mannheim.source
  • 1865Hans Christian Andersens romantic comedy When the Spaniards Were Here premiers at the Royal Danish Theatre.source
  • 1869The American Museum of Natural History is founded in New York.source
  • 1886The settlement of Vancouver, British Columbia, is incorporated.source
  • 1888The first New Year's Day is observed, of the solar calendar adopted by Siamese King Chulalongkorn, with the 106th anniversary of Bangkok's founding in 1782 as its epoch (reference date).source
  • 1893The iconic Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated, after 40 years of construction.source
  • 1895Oscar Wilde is arrested in London for "gross indecency", after losing a criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.source
  • 1895The song Waltzing Matilda is first performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton, Queensland.source
  • 1896The Snowdon Mountain Railway commences public operation. On the first trip down the mountain, locomotive No.1 "Ladas" with two carriages loses the rack and is derailed. A passenger dies after jumping from the carriage. The second train down collides with the wreckage of the first; services are suspended for a year.source
  • 1896The opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games, are held in Athens, Greece.source
  • 1903South Australian Government prospecting expedition, was the first major expedition Herbert Basedow participated in. Its purpose was to inspect the Musgrave, Mann and Tomkinson ranges and neighbouring areas for signs of gold and other mineral deposits.source
  • 1904Joseph F. Smith announces the Second Manifesto in General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah Territory, prohibiting the practice of polygamy, which has continued to be sanctioned by some of its leaders in violation of the 1890 Manifesto officially banning the practice.source
  • 1905A violent strike by the Teamsters' Union begins in Chicago.source
  • 1905July 19 – The 1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike; 21 people die and 416 are injured in the violence.source
  • 1906Alexander Kielland, novelist (born 1849)source
  • 1907Horatio Phillips achieves the first, limited, powered heavier-than-air flight in the UK when his multiplane makes a 500 ft hop.source
  • 1909Robert Peary, Matthew Henson and four Inuit explorers – Ootah, Ooqueah, Seegloo and Egigingwah – come within a few miles of the North Pole.source
  • 1909Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole.source
  • 1914Establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of Kiaotsu, in Guangdongsource
  • 1921Act III of 1921 comes into effectsource
  • 1922In his Western tour, Bethlen asks for a loan from the Reparations Committee.source
  • 1923The first Prefects Board in Southeast Asia is formed, in Victoria Institution, Federated Malay States.source
  • 1924Italian general election, 1924: Fascists win the elections in Italy with a two-thirds majority.source
  • 1926Aarón Joaquín has a vision in the Nuevo León state of Mexico, origin of La Luz del Mundo, a nontrinitarian charismatic restorationist Christian church.source
  • 1930In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks the salt laws of British India by making salt by the sea at the end of the Salt March.source
  • 1930In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and taking salt.source
  • 1930The International Left Opposition (ILO) is founded in Paris, France.source
  • 1931The Portuguese government declares martial law in Madeira and in the Azores, because of the Madeira uprising in Funchal.source
  • 1931The opening of Consulate-General of the Republic of China in Taihoku Prefecture.source
  • 1932U.S. president Herbert Hoover supports armament limitations at the World Disarmament Conference.source
  • 1932Ministry of Health encourages local councils to engage in widespread slum clearance.source
  • 1932The trial of fraudulent art dealer Otto Wacker begins in Berlin.source
  • 1932Chakri dynasty celebrates its 150th anniversary of rule over Siam.source
  • 1943Johs Harviken, cross country skier and Olympic silver medallistsource
  • 1943At 12:07 p.m. there is an earthquake 8.2 degrees in the Richter magnitude scale whose epicenter was located in the city of Ovalle, Coquimbo Region. It had a balance of 12 dead, 49 wounded and 23,250 victims.source
  • 1944Halvor Stenstadvold, business person and politician.source
  • 1945Sarajevo is liberated from Nazi Germany and the Independent State of Croatia (a fascist puppet state) by Yugoslav Partisans.source
  • 1945The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville Island concludes with a decisive victory for the Australian Army's 7th Brigade.source
  • 1954Flags and Emblems (Display) Act (Northern Ireland) is introduced, making it illegal to interfere with the display of a Union Flag and giving the Royal Ulster Constabulary the right to remove any other flag or emblem if it is thought that it might lead to a breach of peace.source
  • 1955Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.source
  • 1958Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari is divorced by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, after she is unable to produce any children.source
  • 1959The 31st Academy Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood. Musical film Gigi receives a record 9 Oscars.source
  • 1960Short SC.1 VTOL research aircraft makes its first transition from vertical to horizontal flight and back, flying from Belfast Harbour Airport.source
  • 1963The Kingsmen record their influential cover of "Louie Louie" in Portland, Oregon, released in June.source
  • 1965The Intelsat I ("Early Bird") communications satellite is launched. It becomes operational May 2 and is placed in commercial service in June.source
  • 1968A shootout between Black Panthers and police in Oakland, California, United States, results in several arrests and deaths, including 17-year-old Panther Bobby Hutton.source
  • 1968Richmond, Indiana explosion: A double explosion in downtown Richmond caused by a methane leak kills 41 and injures 150.source
  • 196813th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winning song, Spain's "La, la, la" (music and lyrics by Manuel de la Calva and Ramón Arcusa) is sung in Spanish by Massiel after Spanish authorities refuse to allow Joan Manuel Serrat to perform it in Catalan. The United Kingdom finishes in second place, one point behind, with the song "Congratulations" sung by Cliff Richard, which goes on to outsell the winning Spanish entry throughout Europe.source
  • 1968Representing Luxembourg, Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel finish eleventh in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song Nous vivrons d'amour.source
  • 1971Mona Grudt, model and 1990 Miss Universesource
  • 1974Swedish pop group ABBA's song "Waterloo" wins the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, UK.source
  • 1974The first California Jam festival takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.source
  • 1974Poogy represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Natati La Khayay" ("I Gave Her My Life"), achieving seventh place.source
  • 1974Having won the previous year's competition, Luxembourg is offered the chance to host the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, but RTL turns down the opportunity on the grounds of cost. Thus, it is held in the United Kingdom instead. Representing Luxembourg, Ireen Sheer finishes fourth with the song Bye bye, I Love You.source
  • 1978Sunshine 60 has officially open in Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, the tallest skyscraper in Asia (Japan), until 63 Building in Seoul, South Korea on July 27, 1985.source
  • 1981April 2–6. First council of Independent Students’ Association takes place in Kraków.source
  • 1982Bangkok and the Chakri dynasty celebrate their bicentennials. The King and Queen Sirikit led a flotilla of 51 royal barges down the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok along with other members of the royal family. The King, Queen, Crown Prince and his then wife Soamsawali, were all carried down the river in the Suphannahong. The day was declared a national holiday by the government.source
  • 1983The FDA approves sale of the first spermicidal sponge, "Today."source
  • 1989National Safety Council of Australia chief executive John Friedrich is arrested after defrauding investors to the tune of $235,000,000.source
  • 1990Robert Mapplethorpe's "The Perfect Moment" show of nude and homoerotic photographs opens at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, in spite of accusations of indecency by Citizens for Community Values.source
  • 1992The Republic of Ilirida is proclaimed by Albanian Macedonian activists in Struga, Republic of Macedonia.source
  • 1992Windows 3.1 is released to manufacturers by Microsoft.source
  • 1994Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira die when a missile shoots down their jet near Kigali, Rwanda. This is taken as a pretext to begin the Rwandan genocide.source
  • 1994The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down by Hutu extremists as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan genocide in Rwanda.source
  • 1994The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan genocide.source
  • 1996First Liberian Civil War: fighting breaks out in Monrovia, Liberia, between various rebel factions struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign nationals leave the nation.source
  • 1999The AIADMK withdraws two of its representatives from the Council of Ministers.source
  • 2004A military tribunal tries 13 people accused of conspiring to overthrow President Compaore the previous year.source
  • 2009A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 308 and injuring more than 1,500.source
  • 2009Kenyan minister of Justice Martha Karua resigns citing lack of progress with her reform agenda.source
  • 2012The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declares the independence of Azawad from Mali.source
  • 2017Voters go to the polls to vote in the first legislative election held since Jammeh left.source
  • 2018A semi-truck collides with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey junior team in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 and injuring 13 people.source
  • 2018April 4–15 – The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.source
  • 2020The United States designates the Russian Imperial Movement as a terrorist organization and imposes sanctions on its leaders; it is the first white supremacist group the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization.source
  • 2022The first known dinosaur fossil linked to the very day of the Chicxulub impact is reported by palaeontologists.source
  • 2023The International Court of Justice rules that the case of territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute peacefully. Venezuela had earlier rejected the ruling, alleging that the case cannot be heard without the involvement of the United Kingdom, Guyana's former colonial power.source
  • 2023The Gambia confirms a case of bird flu.source
  • 2025The Dominican Republic significantly tightens border controls and migration enforcement along its border with Haiti, as announced by President Abinader.source

Births

  • 1342Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa (died after 1363)source
  • 1471Margaret of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noblewoman (died 1503)source
  • 1483Raphael, Italian painter and architect (died 1520)source
  • 1492Maud Green, English noble (died 1531)source
  • 1531Wolfgang, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 1595)source
  • 1593Mumtaz Mahal, chief consort of Shah Jahan, (died 1631).source
  • 1595Henri II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville, Prince of France (died 1663)source
  • 1660Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist (died 1722)source
  • 1664Arvid Horn, politician (died 1742)source
  • 1671Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (died 1741)source
  • 1721Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, duke (died 1804)source
  • 1725Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot, military leader (died 1807)source
  • 1765Duke Charles Felix of Savoy (died 1831)source
  • 1774José de Córdoba y Rojas, admiral (died 1810)source
  • 1826Gustave Moreau, French painter (died 1898)source
  • 1878Carolina Beatriz Ângelo, physician (died 1911)source
  • 1909William M. Branham, American Christian minister (died 1965)source
  • 1926Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician (died 2014)source
  • 1926Ian Paisley, founder of the Democratic Unionist Party and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008 (died 2014)source
  • 1937Merle Haggard, American country musician (died 2016)source
  • 1963Rafael Correa, President of Ecuadorsource

Deaths

  • 31Jesus of Nazareth (possible date of the crucifixion) (born circa 4 BC) The other possible dates also supported by scholarly consensus among a survey of 100 published scholarly biblical statements are April 7, AD 30 and April 3, AD 33, and April 27, AD 31 (according to a Chodesh calculating system).source
  • 345Shemon Bar Sabbae – Persian Orthodox priest and saintsource
  • 345Abdecalas – Persian Orthodox priest and saintsource
  • 861Prudentius, bishop of Troyessource
  • 885Methodius, Byzantine missionary and bishop (born 815)source
  • 887Pei Che, chancellor of the Tang Dynastysource
  • 943Liu Churang, Chinese general (born 881)source
  • 1147Frederick II, German nobleman (born 1090)source
  • 1174Umara al-Yamani, Yemeni poet and historian (born 1121)source
  • 1199Richard I dies from gangrene, caused by his crossbow wound. His younger brother, John (Lackland), becomes King of England. Richard's jewels are left to his nephew, Otto IV, King of the Romans. Mercadier, a mercenary captain and Richard's second in command, has Pierre Basile flayed alive and hanged.source
  • 1199Richard I (the Lionheart), king of England (born 1157)source
  • 1199Pierre Basile (or Bertran de Gurdun), French knightsource
  • 1203William of Æbelholt, French churchman (born 1125)source
  • 1212Bertram of Metz (or Berthold), German bishopsource
  • 1231William Marshal, English nobleman (born 1190)source
  • 1250Hugh XI of Lusignan, French nobleman (born 1221)source
  • 1250Guillaume de Sonnac, French Grand Mastersource
  • 1252Saint Peter of Veronasource
  • 1252Saint Peter of Verona is assassinated by Carino of Balsamo.source
  • 1284Peter I, Count of Alençon, French nobleman and prince (born 1251)source
  • 1340Emperor Basil Megas Komnenos of Trebizondsource
  • 1362James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (born 1319)source
  • 1376Przecław of Pogorzela, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (born 1310)source
  • 1440Henry Wardlaw, Scottish church leadersource
  • 1489Jodha of Mandore, Ruler of Marwar (born 1416)source
  • 1490Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia, including part of Austria, dies unexpectedly at Vienna. Four people claim the throne before the Hungarian nobility assembles to elect the successor to King Matthias, and begin the War of the Hungarian Successionsource
  • 1490King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (born 1443)source
  • 1520Raphael, Italian painter and architect (born 1483)source
  • 1523Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (born 1479)source
  • 1528Albrecht Dürer, German artist, writer, and mathematician (born 1471)source
  • 1590Francis Walsingham, English spymaster (born 1530)source
  • 1609Merkelis Giedraitis, Lithuanian bishop (born 1536)source
  • 1639John Matthew Rispoli, major Maltese philosopher of great erudition (born 1582)source
  • 1641Domenico Zampieri (Domenichino), Italian painter (born 1581)source
  • 1660Michelangelo Cerquozzi, Italian painter (born 1602)source
  • 1686Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (born 1614)source
  • 1698Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament, French nun (born 1614)source
  • 1731David Lloyd, Welsh-born American lawyer, 74source
  • 1760Charlotte Charke, British actor and writer (born 1713)source
  • 1803William Hamilton, British diplomat, antiquary (born 1730)source
  • 1829Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (born 1802)source
  • 1838José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, statesman and mineralistsource
  • 1862Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (born 1803)source
  • 1971Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (born 1882)source
  • 1984O Paek-ryong, member of the 6th Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea (born 1913).source
  • 1992Isaac Asimov, 72, Russian-American science fiction author (Foundation, Galactic Empire, Robot), heart failure.source
  • 1994Juvénal Habyarimana, politician, President (1973–1994; born 1937)source
  • 1998Tammy Wynette, 55, American country music singer-songwriter, heart arrhythmia, heart attack.source
  • 2000Habib Bourguiba, 96, president of Tunisia.source
  • 2010Wilma Mankiller, 64, American activist, first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995), pancreatic cancer.source