On This Day in History for April 7
Events in History
- 30 Scholars' estimate for Jesus' crucifixion by Roman troops in Jerusalem [or April 3]
- 451 Attila the Hun plunders Metz in Northeastern France
- 529 First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (fundamental work in jurisprudence) issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I
- 1118 Pope Gelasius II excommunicated by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, forcing him to flee Rome and rule in exile
- 1348 Prague University, first university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV
- 1456 Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
- 1498 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
- 1509 France declares war on Venice
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Haym Salomon
William Wordsworth
Gabriela Mistral
Joe Gallo
Jerry Brown
MacKenzie ScottWeddings in History
- 1921 French army captain, and future president, Charles de Gaulle (30) weds Yvonne Vendroux (20) in the Notre-Dame de Calais church
- 1940 Writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (21) weds Natalya Reshetovskaya
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Charles VIII
Toussaint Louverture
P. T. Barnum
Henry FordApril in History
Lionheart Richard, The Stranger King
Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood’s king is considered one of the great English monarchs. Yet he cost his country a fortune and barely lived there.
April 6, 1199
The Man Who Sold His Wife
Most modern readers believe Thomas Hardy was plunging into deep fiction when he wrote about a man selling his wife in, The Mayor of Casterbridge. He wasn't.
April 7, 1832
Rwandan Genocide
Skulls of genocide victims at the Nyamata Memorial Site in Rwanda
April 7, 1994
Step Aboard the Titanic – Las Vegas Style
Even by Las Vegas standards it was controversial, a $1.2 billion recreation of the doomed Titanic, along with the iceberg that caused its destruction.
April 8, 1999