What is April 2?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[999]] &ndash; [[Pope Sylvester II]] is elected. * [[1285]] &ndash; [[Pope Martin IV]] is elected. * [[1453]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]]'s [[Sultan]] [[Mehmed II]] begins the [[Siege of Constantinople]]. * [[1513]] &ndash; [[Florida]] is sighted by a [[Europe]]an for the first time. * [[1744]] &ndash; The first official [[golf]] tournament is held in [[Leith]], near [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. * [[1783]] &ndash; [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|The Duke of Portland]] replaces [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|the Earl of Shelburne]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of Great Britain]]. * [[1800]] &ndash; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] leads the premiere of his First Symphony. * [[1801]] &ndash; British forces under [[Horatio Nelson]] defeat [[Denmark]] in the naval [[Battle of Copenhagen]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; The [[France|French]] [[senate]] declares [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] removed from power. * [[1845]] &ndash; [[Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau]] and [[Jean Bernard Leon Foucault]] take the first [[photograph]] of the [[Sun]]. * [[1851]] &ndash; [[Mongkut]] ([[Rama IV]]) is crowned [[King]] of [[Siam]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Jefferson Davis]] and his cabinet flee Richmond, [[Virginia]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Siege of Petersburg]] is broken, as Union troops capture the trenches around [[Petersburg, Virginia]]. * [[1885]] &ndash; [[Cree]] warriors attack the village of Frog Lake in [[Canada]]'s [[Northwest Territories]], killing 9 people. * [[1900]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] passes the Foraker Act, giving [[Puerto Rico]] limited self–rule. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1902]] &ndash; The Electric Theater, the first full–time [[movie]] [[theater]] in the [[US]], opens in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. * [[1911]] &ndash; [[Australia]]'s first census is held. * [[1912]] &ndash; The ill-fated [[RMS Titanic]] begins [[sea]] trials. * [[1917]] &ndash; [[Woodro