Tuesday, April 16, 2013

On this day in April......

Have you ever wondered what happened in April before you were born?
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Landscape image
1318 Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.
Florida Map
1513
Juan Ponce de Leon becomes the first European to set foot on Florida.
St Francis of Assisi image
1043 Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

1581 - Sir Francis Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world.
Pocahontas image
1614 Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
Richard the Lionheart image
1199 Richard the Lionheart , King of England, dies aged 41.
William Wordsworth image
1770 William Wordsworth, English poet, (d.1850), born.
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John Foxe image
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’
Dick Turpin image
1739
Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing.
King Edward image
1471
King Edward IV of England claims London from Henry VI.
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1861
The American Civil War begins.


The first man in space 1961 -
Yuri Gagarin
John Dryden image
1668
John Dryden becomes first English poet laureate.
RMS Titanic image
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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Dictionary image
1755Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language first published.  Leonardo da Vinci born 1452
Sir Isaac Newton Image
1705 Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College.
Geoffrey Chaucer image
1397 Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.
Joan of Arc image
1909Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.

Captain James Cook first saw Australia on this day in 1770. Captain Cook sights Australia
Lord Byron image
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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Bazil image
1500Álvares Cabral, Portuguese naviagator, becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
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St George's Da
William Shakespeare born 1564
 VolcanoImageVolcano Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1872 .1719 Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe.
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1564
William Shakespeare baptised.
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Tea image1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act.

1603 Funeral of Queen Elizabeth I.Funeral image



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Rubber image
1813
Rubber is patented.
Christopher Columbus image
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.

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