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23rd April 1516: The Reinheitsgebot beer purity law first introduced in Bavaria

Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria signed the Reinheitsgebot, a law to ensure the purity of beer that specified a limited number of ...

21st April 1526: First Battle of Panipat marks the beginning of Mughal rule in India and the end of the Lodi dynasty

Babur, a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan, had established a power base in Kabul but the victory at Panipat gave him control of Delhi and Agra, allowing him to establish the foundations of what would become the Mughal Empire in ...

19th April 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord mark the beginning of the American Revolutionary War

As the British troops arrived in Lexington, they encountered a small group and, although the exact events that unfolded are unclear, a shot was fired that initiated the first skirmish of the American Revolutionary ...

18th April 1942: The Doolittle Raid marks the first American air operation to strike the Japanese mainland

The Doolittle Raid saw sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers demonstrate Japan’s vulnerability to air raids, and forced the Japanese military to divert resources to homeland ...

17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was launched by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade ...

16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745

Culloden was the last pitched battle fought on British soil and the defeat ended Jacobite hopes of restoring the Stuart monarchy to the ...

15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

Lincoln’s call for volunteers was part of his effort to maintain the authority of the federal government after several southern states seceded from the ...

13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

MKUltra was established during the Cold War to explore ways to manipulate human behaviour using drugs, hypnosis, psychological conditioning, and other ...

11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

On 11 April 1951, Truman announced that he had removed MacArthur from his command and replaced him with General Matthew Ridgway, emphasising that military leaders must follow policies set by civilian ...

9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph

Scott developed the phonautograph, which used a horn to collect sound waves and direct them onto a membrane, and made a recording of a fragment of the song “Au Clair de la Lune” on 9 April ...