April

• Coronation of Edward the Confessor, king of England

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• Death of Robert III, king of Scots

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• Accession of James I, king of Scots

• Gandhi reached the Indian Ocean at the end of the Dandi March

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• Death of Richard I, king of England

• Robert Peary planted the American flag at the North Pole

• Gandhi broke the salt laws at Dandi

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• Birth of Henry IV, king of England

• Death of P. T. Barnum, American showman

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• The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) and the African National Congress (ANC) were banned in South Africa following the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March

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• Coronation of Henry V, king of England

• Death of Edward IV, king of England
• Accession of Edward V, king of England

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• Birth of James V, king of Scots

• Coronation of William III (II) and Mary II as king and queen of England

• P. T. Barnum‘s Grand Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus, known as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, opened in Brooklyn

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• Restoration of Edward IV, king of England

• Accession of William III (II) and Mary II as king and queen of Scots

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• The Edict of Nantes was issued, brining the French Wars of Religion to an end

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• Death of Earl Godwine, father of Harold II, king of England

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• Paul Revere's midnight ride from Boston to Lexington

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• Death of Robert II, king of Scots

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• Accession of Robert III, king of Scots

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• Death of Henry VII, king of England

• Birth of Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom

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• Accession of Henry VIII, king of England

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• Death of Æthelred II (the Unready), king of England
• Accession of Edmund II, king of England

• Coronation of Charles II as king of England

• Coronation of James II (VII) as king of England

• Coronation of Anne as queen of England

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• Inauguration of Malcolm III, king of Scots

• Birth of Edward II, king of England

• Birth of Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland

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• Death of Alexander I, king of Scots
• Accession of David I, king of Scots

• The last telemetric data was received from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft

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• Birth of Edward IV, king of England

• Trial of the members of the Cato Street Conspiracy

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• Birth of Mary II, queen of England and Scots

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