On This Day in History for April 4
Events in History
- 1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits
- 1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
- 1558 Tsar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
- 1581 Francis Drake knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard Golden Hind at Deptford
- 1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederick II as king of Denmark
- 1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbary pirates
- More Events in History
Caracalla
Dorothea Dix
Isoroku Yamamoto
David BlaineWeddings in History
- 1625 Viceroy Frederick Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
- 1750 Statesman George Mason (24) weds Ann Eilbeck (16)
Divorces in History
- 2019 Amazon's Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos agree record-breaking $35 billion divorce settlement
More Weddings & Divorces in History
William Henry Harrison
Ludwig Leichhardt
Karl Benz
André Michelin
Martin Luther King Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.April in History
The Computer That Came By Truck
It didn't have the sleek lines that Steve Jobs would admire and it needed to be carried on a truck, but the computer age had finally arrived in rural England.
April 3, 1957Martin Luther King Shot Dead
Martin Luther King Jr, the celebrated (‘I have a dream’) civil rights campaigner, was shot dead on this day as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis Tennessee.
April 4, 1968Founding of Microsoft
Paul Allen and Bill Gates, the founders of Microsoft
April 4, 1975Martin Luther King Assassination Riots
Front page of The Washington Post on April 7, 1968, three days after the assassination of Martin Luther King
April 4, 1968
