On this day in April......

Have you ever wondered what happened in April before you were born?

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1318 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.	1513 Juan Ponce de Leon becomes the first European to set foot on Florida.	1043 Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.	1581 - Sir Francis Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world.	1614 Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.	1199 Richard the Lionheart , King of England, dies aged 41.	1770 William Wordsworth, English poet, (d.1850), born.
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1587 John Foxe, English writer (b.1516), dies.	Oldest audible sound recording was made in 1860 - a ten second recording of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville performing the French folk song ‘Au Clair de la Lune’	1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing.	1471 King Edward IV of England claims London from Henry VI.	1861 The American Civil War begins. The first man in space 1961 - Yuri Gagarin	1668 John Dryden becomes first English poet laureate.	1912The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg. Six ice warnings were received by Titanic on the day of the collision.
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1755Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language first published.  Leonardo da Vinci born 1452	1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College.	1397 Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.	1909Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.	Captain James Cook first saw Australia on this day in 1770.	1842 Lord Byron dies of fever in Greece.  BBC 2 launched in 1964	Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Our current Queen’s birthday, born 1926. She also has an official birthday in June.
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1500Álvares Cabral, Portuguese naviagator, becomes the first European to sight Brazil.	St George's Day  William Shakespeare born 1564	Volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1872 .	1719 Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe.	1564 William Shakespeare baptised.	1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act.	1603 Funeral of Queen Elizabeth I.
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1813 Rubber is patented.	1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

Maybe you could try and find out some interesting facts about these dates in the library.