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April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 255 days remain until the end of the year.
1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. 1871 - Civil Rights Act of 1871. 1912 - Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. 1914 - Forty-five men, women, and children die ...
1608 – In Ireland, O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry. [5]1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops. [6]1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria ...
April 20: The Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, United States, causes 15 deaths. April 21: The Second Liberian Civil War begins. May 1: The first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants airs on Nickelodeon. May – July: The Fourth Indo-Pakistani War. June 11: The end of the Kosovo War ends the Yugoslav Wars.
1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1813th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 813th year of the 2nd millennium, the 13th year of the 19th century, and the 4th year of the 1810s decade.
2018 (Wednesday) 2017 (Tuesday) 2016 (Monday) 2015 (Saturday) April 18 is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 257 days remain until the end of the year.
1961 - Death of Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873) 1996 - Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. April 5: 1622 - Birth of Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) 1804 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1820th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 820th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1820s decade.