Today in History

22. April 2008 by AY.

April 22nd 0296    St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
April 22nd 0536    St Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
April 22nd 1056    Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye 
April 22nd 1073    Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII 
April 22nd 1145    19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 
April 22nd 1164    Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III 
April 22nd 1370    Bastille begins being built in Paris 
April 22nd 1500    Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal 
April 22nd 1509    Henry VIII ascended to throne of England 
April 22nd 1521    French king Fran?ois I declares war on Spain 
April 22nd 1526    1st slave revolt occurs in SC 
April 22nd 1529    Treaty of Saragosa: Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere 
April 22nd 1648    English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed 
April 22nd 1659    Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 
April 22nd 1662    Royal Society incorporates 

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