What is April 5?
{{calendar}} {{day}} __TOC__ ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[823]] &ndash; [[Lothair I]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Italy]] by [[Pope Paschal I]]. * [[1081]] &ndash; [[Alexios I Komnenos]] is crowned [[Emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[1242]] &ndash; During a battle on the ice of [[Chudskoye Lake]], [[Russia]]n forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the [[Teutonic Knights]]. * [[1566]] &ndash; Two–hundred [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Nobleman|noblemen]], led by [[Hendrick van Brederode]], force themselves into the presence of [[Margaret of Parma]] and present the [[Petition of Compromise]], denouncing the [[Spanish Inquisition]] in the [[Netherlands]]. * [[1614]] &ndash; In [[Virginia]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Pocahontas]] marries [[England|English]] colonist [[John Rolfe]]. * [[1621]] &ndash; The ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]'' sets sail from [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]] on a return trip to [[Great Britain]]. * [[1654]] &ndash; The [[1654 Treaty of Westminster|Treaty of Westminster]] is signed, ending the [[First Anglo-Dutch War]]. * [[1690]] &ndash; Patrizio Cardinal Ficca is elected pope and takes the name Patricius I. * [[1710]] &ndash; The [[Statute of Anne]] receives the Royal Assent, establishing the [[copyright]] [[law]] of [[Great Britain]]. * [[1722]] &ndash; Dutch explorer [[Jacob Roggeveen]] reaches an island in the [[South Pacific]] on [[Easter]] Sunday. He names it [[Easter Island]]. He is the first [[Europe]]an to visit the island. * [[1792]] &ndash; [[President (United States)|United States President]] [[George Washington]] [[veto]]s a bill designed to apportion representatives among [[U.S. state]]s. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the [[United States]]. * [[1804]] &ndash; The first recorded [[meteorite]] falls in Possil, [[Scotland]] ([[High Possil Meteorite]]). * [[1815]] &ndash; [[Tambora]]'s eruption in [[Indonesia]] begins. * [[1818]] &ndash; [[Battle of Maipu]]: [[Chile]]'s independence movement, led by [[Bernardo O'Higgins