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26th April 1564 (453 années)
William Shakespeare was born (he was baptised on this date, his actual birth date is still unknown).
26th April 1863 (154 années)
Charles Haslewood Shannon, lithographer and painter was born.
26th April 1958 (59 années)
Final run of the Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
26th April 1986 (31 années)
The Chernobyl Disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which, at the time, was under the direct jurisdiction of the Soviet Union.
27th April 1791 (226 années)
Samuel Morse, American painter and co-inventor of Morse code, is born.
27th April 1822 (195 années)
Ulysses Simpson Grant, Civil War General and 18th US president, is born.
27th April 1840 (177 années)
Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
27th April 1937 (80 années)
King George VI accompanied by his daughter Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, formally opened the National Maritime Museum.
28th April 1789 (228 années)
Mutiny on the Bounty, a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against commanding officer Lieutenant William Bligh aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty.
28th April 1928 (89 années)
Birth of artist Yves Klein, leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme.
28th April 1945 (72 années)
Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy until his downfall in 1943, has been killed by partisans along with his mistress, Clara Petacci, and some close associates.
28th April 1992 (25 années)
Francis Bacon, British painter, dies.
29th April 1868 (149 années)
Alice Keppel, British society hostess and mistress of Edward VII, was born.
29th April 1899 (118 années)
Duke Ellington was born.
29th April 1980 (37 années)
Alfred Hitchcock, the famous English film director and producer, died. 40 years.
30th April 1939 (78 années)
The World's Fair in New York, held in the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, opened.
30th April 1945 (72 années)
WWII: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide.
30th April 1975 (42 années)
The war in Vietnam ends as the government in Saigon announces its unconditional surrender to the Vietcong.
30th April 2008 (9 années)
Two skeletons found near Yekaterinburg, are confirmed to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, one of his sisters.
30th April 2013 (4 années)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates and Willem-Alexander becomes King of the Netherlands.
1st May 1118 (899 années)
Matilda of Scotland, born Edith, Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry I, died.
1st May 1840 (177 années)
The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
1st May 1916 (101 années)
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford, Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that lasted more than 50 years, was born.
1st May 1931 (86 années)
The Empire State Building was officially opened in dramatic fashion, when US President Herbert Hoover turned on the building's lights, with the push of a button, from Washington, D.C.
1st May 1941 (76 années)
Citizen Kane, the American drama film by Orson Welles, its producer, co-author, director and star, premièred at the Palace Theatre in New York City.
1st May 1948 (69 années)
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader.
2nd May 1519 (498 années)
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, the Italian polymath, died in Clos Lucé, Amboise, France.
2nd May 1568 (449 années)
Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
2nd May 1864 (153 années)
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German opera composer and conductor, often described as the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century, dies.
2nd May 1892 (125 années)
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, widely known as the Red Baron, was born.