The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden. The Easter Riots is the name given to a period of unrest in Uppsala, Sweden, during the…
25 April 1859
British and French engineers start work on the Suez Canal. On 25th April, 1859, work started on the construction of the Suez Canal in Port…
24 April 1953
Winston Churchill is given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through…
23 April 1660
The Treaty of Oliva is signed between Sweden and Poland. The Treaty or Peace of Oliva of 23 April 1660 was one of the peace…
22 April 1809
The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. The Battle of Ratisbon,…
21 April 1962
The Seattle World’s Fair opens. The Century 21 Exposition – also known as the Seattle World’s Fair – was held between April 21 and October…
20 April 1908
The New Wales Rugby League competition starts. The 1908 NSWRFL season was the inaugural season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League’s premiership, Australia’s…
19 April 2013
The suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is killed in a shootout with police. An investigation involving more than 1,000 federal, state and…
18 April 1831
The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The History of The University of Alabama begins with an act of United States Congress in…
17 April 1946
Syria gets its independence from the French occupation. In June 1940, after the Franco-German armistice, the French in Syria announced that they would cease hostilities…