1951 Apr 22 - The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
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HistoryMaps presents: Uniforms of the American Revolution (update)
https://history-maps.com/boards/uniforms-of-the-american-revolution
Still adding/refining the board. will be deployed hopefully by next week.
u/nonoumasy — 5 hours ago
1526 Apr 21 - First Battle of Panipat.
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753 BCE Apr 21 - Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
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1918 Apr 20 - Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
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1608 Apr 19 - In Ireland, O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
u/nonoumasy — 3 days ago
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1995 Apr 19 - Oklahoma City bombing. The Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
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1960 Apr 19 - Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign:
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1775 Apr 19 - The war begins during the Battles of Lexington and Concord with a victory of American minutemen and other militia over British forces, later referred to as the "shot heard round the world".
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1042 Apr 19 - Following the attempt of Byzantine Emperor Michael V Kalaphates to depose his wife and empress Zoe Porphyrogenita, a popular uprising in Constantinople breaks out with the intention to restore her.
u/nonoumasy — 3 days ago
531 Apr 19 - Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Sassanid Persians at Ragga.
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HistoryMaps presents: Clothing of Classical Greece board
u/nonoumasy — 3 days ago
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1988 Apr 18 - The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
u/nonoumasy — 4 days ago
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1897 Apr 18 - The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
u/nonoumasy — 4 days ago
1864 Apr 18 - Battle of Dybbol: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark & gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
u/nonoumasy — 4 days ago
1975 Apr 17 - The Cambodian Civil War ends & the Cambodian Genocide begins.
u/nonoumasy — 5 days ago
1961 Apr 17 - Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CLA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
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1941 Apr 17 - The Axis powers invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany & Italy.
u/nonoumasy — 5 days ago
HistoryMaps presents: Ships of the Ancient World
https://history-maps.com/boards/ships-of-the-ancient-world
I added a play feature and you can run a slideshow of the images, sort of like a screensaver.
u/nonoumasy — 5 days ago
1746 Apr 16 - https://history-maps.com/story/Jacobite-Rising-of-1745/event/Battle-of-CullodenThe Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces
u/nonoumasy — 6 days ago