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| - | *[[1499]] – [[Catherine of Aragon]], is married by proxy to [[Arthur Tudor]], [[Prince of Wales]]. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. | ||
| - | *[[1535]] – [[France|French]] explorer [[Jacques Cartier]] sets sail on his second voyage to [[North America]] with three ships, 110 men, and [[Chief Donnacona]]'s two sons (whom Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage). | ||
| *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], the second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]], is beheaded for [[adultery]], [[treason]], and [[incest]]. | *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], the second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]], is beheaded for [[adultery]], [[treason]], and [[incest]]. | ||
| - | *[[1568]] – Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]] has [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] arrested. | ||
| - | *[[1643]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: French forces under the [[Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé|duc d'Enghien]] decisively defeat [[Spain|Spanish]] forces at the [[Battle of Rocroi]], marking the symbolic end of [[Spain]] as a dominant land power. | ||
| - | *[[1649]] – An [[Act of Parliament|Act]] declaring [[England]] a [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] is passed by the [[Long Parliament]]. England would be a [[republic]] for the next eleven years. | ||
| - | *[[1749]] – King [[George II of Great Britain]] grants the [[Ohio Company]] a charter of land around the forks of the [[Ohio River]]. | ||
| - | *[[1780]] – [[New England's Dark Day]]: A combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on [[Eastern Canada]] and the [[New England]] area of the [[United States]] at 10:30 A.M. | ||
| - | *[[1802]] – The [[Légion d'Honneur]] is founded by [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]]. | ||
| - | *[[1828]] – [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John Quincy Adams]] signs the [[Tariff of 1828]] into law, protecting [[wool]] manufacturers in the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1848]] – [[Mexican-American War]]: [[Mexico]] ratifies the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] thus ending the war and ceding [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Utah]] and parts of four other modern-day [[U.S. state]]s to the United States for $15 million [[United States dollar|USD]]. | ||
| - | *[[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: the [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]] ends. | ||
| *[[1897]] – [[Oscar Wilde]] is released from [[Reading (HM Prison)|Reading Gaol]]. | *[[1897]] – [[Oscar Wilde]] is released from [[Reading (HM Prison)|Reading Gaol]]. | ||
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| *[[1919]] – [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] lands at [[Samsun]] on the [[Anatolia]]n [[Black Sea]] coast, initiating what was later termed the [[Turkish War of Independence]]. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the [[Pontic Greek Genocide]] in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]]. | *[[1919]] – [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] lands at [[Samsun]] on the [[Anatolia]]n [[Black Sea]] coast, initiating what was later termed the [[Turkish War of Independence]]. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the [[Pontic Greek Genocide]] in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]]. | ||
| *[[1921]] – The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Emergency Quota Act]] establishing national quotas on [[immigration]]. | *[[1921]] – The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Emergency Quota Act]] establishing national quotas on [[immigration]]. | ||
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Art and culture
- 1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.
- 1897 - Oscar Wilde is released from prison in England.
- 1962 - Marilyn Monroe's sings her infamous rendition of Happy Birthday.
Births
- 1593 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter.
- 1925 - Malcolm X, American civil rights activist.
- 1925 - Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator.
- 1939 - James Fox.
- 1948 - Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress.
Deaths
- 1536 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England.
- 1864 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author.
- 1918 - Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter.
- 1925 - Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist and filmmaker.
- 1935 - T. E. Lawrence, English soldier.
- 1992 - Bob Mizer, creator of the Athletic Model Guild
- 1995 - Derek Ford, British film director.
- 2002 - Raymond Durgnat, British film critic.
Events
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
- 1897 – Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
- 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what was later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus.
- 1921 – The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
- 1922 – The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.
- 1943 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the cross-English Channel landing (D-Day would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather).
- 1961 – Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
- 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of Happy Birthday.
- 1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- 1991 – Croatians vote for independence at their independence referendum.
Births
- 1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
- 1700 – José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)
- 1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)
- 1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
- 1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
- 1773 – Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854)
- 1795 – Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873)
- 1797 – Maria Isabel of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1818)
- 1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
- 1861 – Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931)
- 1862 – Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942)
- 1870 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
- 1874 – Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (d. 1955)
- 1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (d. 1964)
- 1880 – Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (d. 1964)
- 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
- 1882 – Mohammed Mosaddeq, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
- 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
- 1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
- 1897 – Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
- 1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (d. 1974)
- 1906 – Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (d. 2007)
- 1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (d. 1982)
- 1909 – Nicholas Winton, British Humanitarian
- 1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1948, (d. 1983)
- 1910 – Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949)
- 1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Go Seigen, Japanese Go player
- 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (d. 2000)
- 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist
- 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor (d. 2002)
- 1922 – Joe Gilmore, longest running Head Barmen at The Savoy Hotel's American Bar.
- 1924 – Sandy Wilson, British composer
- 1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
- 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
- 1925 – Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (d. 2004)
- 1926 – Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author
- 1928 – Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
- 1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
- 1929 – John Stroger Chicago politician
- 1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965)
- 1931 – Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor
- 1931 – Bob Anderson, British racing driver (d. 1967)
- 1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
- 1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Claude Blanchard, French Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2006)
- 1934 – Jim Lehrer, American television journalist
- 1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author
- 1935 – David Hartman, American actor and television personality
- 1937 – Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Madge Hindle, English actress
- 1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader (d. 1989)
- 1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian athlete
- 1939 – James Fox, English actor
- 1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress
- 1939 – Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1940 – Mickey Newbury, American musician
- 1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
- 1941 – Nora Ephron, American screenwriter
- 1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (d. 1994)
- 1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
- 1944 – Peter Mayhew, British-American actor
- 1945 – Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who)
- 1946 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993)
- 1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian commissioner for children's rights
- 1947 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
- 1947 – Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
- 1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
- 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
- 1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
- 1949 – Dusty Hill, American blues rock singer/bassist (ZZ Top)
- 1951 – Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
- 1951 – Dick Slater, American professional wrestler
- 1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch football manager
- 1953 – Victoria Wood, British comic actress
- 1953 – Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997)
- 1953 – Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer
- 1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC)
- 1955 – James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer
- 1956 – Steven Ford, American actor
- 1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
- 1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, Ex-wife of O.J. Simpson and murder victim. (d. 1994)
- 1961 – Gregory Poirier, American screenwriter and director
- 1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer
- 1963 – Yazz, British singer
- 1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovakian former tennis player
- 1964 – Sean Whalen, American actor
- 1965 – Philippe Dhondt, French singer known as Boris
- 1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress
- 1966 – Polly Walker, British actress
- 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American writer
- 1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 – Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
- 1967 – Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American jazz musician; son of Clint Eastwood
- 1970 – Mario Dumont, Quebec politician (Action démocratique du Québec)
- 1970 – Choi Kyung-Ju, South Korean professional golfer
- 1970 – Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
- 1971 – Psicosis, Mexican professional wrestler
- 1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
- 1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
- 1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
- 1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player
- 1975 – Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
- 1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
- 1977 – Manuel Almúnia, Spanish footballer
- 1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
- 1977 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian voice actress
- 1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
- 1979 – Barbara Nedeljakova, Slovak actress
- 1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
- 1980 – Drew Fuller, American actor/model
- 1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
- 1981 – Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
- 1981 – Nate Cole, American singer
- 1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentine footballer
- 1981 – Georges St. Pierre, Canadian mixed martial artist
- 1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
- 1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
- 1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
- 1983 – Eve Angel, Hungarian porn star
- 1983 – Jessica Fox, British actress
- 1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
- 1986 – Eric Lloyd, American actor
- 1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
- 1986 – Matthew Italo Tanzini, Canadian Professional Courier
- 1987 – David Edgar, Canadian soccer player
- 1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentine footballer
- 1988 – Lily Cole, English model/actress
- 1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer
Deaths
- 804 – Alcuin, English monk (b. c.735)
- 988 – Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 909)
- 1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (b. c.1045)
- 1125 – Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)
- 1296 – Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
- 1319 – Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)
- 1389 – Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
- 1526 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
- 1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England
- 1601 – Costanzo Porta, Italian composer
- 1610 – Thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550)
- 1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
- 1715 – Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
- 1786 – John Stanley, English composer (b. 1712)
- 1795 – Josiah Bartlett, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1729)
- 1795 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer (b. 1740)
- 1798 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (b. 1722)
- 1821 – Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771)
- 1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
- 1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (b. 1804)
- 1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Qing Dynasty field Marshal KIA
- 1876 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch politician (b. 1801)
- 1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
- 1895 – José Martí, Cuban independence leader (b. 1853)
- 1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
- 1904 – Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851)
- 1907 – Benjamin Baker, English engineer (b. 1840)
- 1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)
- 1915 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
- 1918 – Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)
- 1935 – T. E. Lawrence, English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (b. 1888)
- 1940 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish matador (b. 1985)
- 1943 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865)
- 1945 – Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889)
- 1946 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)
- 1954 – Charles Ives, American composer (b. 1874)
- 1958 – Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927)
- 1958 – Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
- 1965 – Tui Malila, world's oldest tortoise
- 1969 – Coleman Hawkins, American musician (b. 1901)
- 1971 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
- 1983 – Jean Rey, President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
- 1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and Poet Laureate (b. 1906)
- 1986 – Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931)
- 1987 – James Tiptree, Jr, American author (b. 1915)
- 1989 – CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901)
- 1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
- 1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
- 1998 – Sōsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922)
- 1999 – James Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901)
- 1999 – Candy Candido, American actor (b. 1913)
- 2000 – Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
- 2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
- 2002 – John Gorton, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
- 2002 – Walter Lord, American writer (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
- 2005 – Henry Corden, American actor and voice artist (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (b. 1940)
- 2007 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (b. 1928)
- 2009 – Queen Elizabeth II, [[Queen of Great Britian & Northern Ireland, (b. 1926)
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