05 April - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on April 05, the day number in a year is 95 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 96. April 05 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
April 05 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1081 | The Komnenian dynasty came to full power when Alexios I Komnenos was crowned Byzantine Emperor. |
| 1566 | A covenant of nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands presented Governor Margaret of Parma a petition to suspend the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. |
| 1609 | Forces of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma captured the castle on Ryukyu Islands, beginning the process that turns the Ryukyu Kingdom into a vassal state under Satsuma. |
| 1722 | Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European toland on Easter Island. |
| 1722 | Yakub Roggin discovered Easter Island. |
| 1762 | The British seized Granada and the West Indies from France and captured them. |
| 1764 | The Chinese Act was passed in Great Britain. |
| 1768 | The first American Chamber of Commerce was established. |
| 1795 | The peace of Basel was signed between France and Prussia. |
| 1811 | Revolutionary riots began in Buenos Aires. |
| 1847 | Britain's first civic public park, Birkenhead Park in Birkenhead, Merseyside, opened. |
| 1900 | Archaeologists led by Arthur Evans in Knossos, Crete, discovered a large cache of clay tablets with a script used for writing My cenaean Greek now known as Linear B. |
| 1913 | The Football Federation was formed in the United States. |
| 1927 | The Prohibition Bureau was established as part of the United States Treasury Department. |
| 1930 | The nation's father Mahatma Gandhi along with his followers reached Dandi to break the salt law. |
| 1936 | Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak. An F5 tornado hit Tupelo, Mississippi, killing about 436 people. |
| 1942 | Second World War-Carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted the Easter Sunday Raid on Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)and the British Eastern Fleet in an attempt to drive the Commonwealth naval force from the Indian Ocean. |
| 1955 | British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigned. |
| 1958 | In one of the first live Canadian national televisionbroadcasts, Ripple Rock, an underwater mountain in Discovery Passage,British Columbia, was destroyed in a planned explosion. |
| 1961 | The first "Indian Drugs and Pharmaceutical Limited Company" sponsored by the Government of India was established. |
| 1964 | The Navy celebrated National Maritime Day for the first time. |
| 1966 | Indonesian forces demand, countries rejoin the United States. |
| 1971 | Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours. |
| 1974 | Stephen King published his first novel "Carrie". |
| 1975 | King Fazal of Saudi Arabia was killed. |
| 1979 | The first Indian Naval Museum was formally launched in Bombay (now Mumbai). |
| 1991 | The spacecraft STS 37 Atlantis 8) was launched. |
| 1992 | Bosnian War-Unidentified gunmen killed two people while firing upon a large crowd of anti-war protesters in Sarajevo, marking the start of the four-year-long Siege of Sarajevo. |
| 1993 | The Roll Hall of Fame and Cleveland’s rock begins in 1993. |
| 1994 | “Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect” open’s at golden New York City beats Michigan 77-71 in the year 1993. |
| 1996 | John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 Days. |
| 1998 | Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, linking Awaji Islandand Kobe, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world to date with a main span length of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft). |
| 1999 | Announcement of ban on Viagra in Iraq, start of mass killing of 8 lakh 30 thousand pigs in Malaysia to protect against virus called Hendra \. |
| 2002 | It was agreed to complete the More-Kalawa-Mandalay road project between India, Myanmar and Thailand. |
| 2008 | Parvati Omnakuttan Femina became Miss India World. |
| 2009 | The North Korean satellite Kwangmy song-2 was launched fromthe Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns by other nations that it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballisticmissiles. |
| 2009 | 44th Academy of Country Music Award: Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley won. |
| 2010 | 60 countries were invited to participate in IRAN’S two-days nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran April 17-18. China says it will attend in the year 2010. |
| 2010 | The explosion at a coal mine in the US state of West Virginia killed 22 people. |
| 2011 | A bill banning the abortion of a fetus more than 20 weeks old passes in the Idaho House of representatives in the year 2011. |
| 2011 | The U.S. Democratic national committee appointed FLORIDA Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Chairwoman in the year 2011. |
| 2012 | SkyNews admits it illegally hacked email that belonged to members of the public on two separate occasions in the year 2012. |
| 2012 | As part of a continued tightening on world sanctions on Iran a Chinese company that insures ships will stop indemnifying tankers carrying Iranian oil in the year 2012. |
| 2014 | Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’ O, winner for best supporting actress in 12 years a slave Joined Lancome as its newest brand ambassador in the year 2014. |
| 2015 | American actress Julia Wilson died. |
Famous Birthdays of April 05:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1962 | Lana Clarkson / Actress / United States of America |
| 1960 | Larry McCray / Writer / United States of America |
| 1934 | Moise Safra / Business Man / Brazil |
| 1953 | Frank Gaffney / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1964 | Marius Lăcătuș / Footballer / Romania |
| 1856 | Booker T. Washington / Historian / United States of America |
| 1982 | Thomas Hitzlsperger / Footballer / Germany |
| 1981 | Jorge de la Rosa / Baseball Player / Mexico |
| 1752 | Sébastien Érard / Instrument Maker / France |
| 1920 | Rafiq Zakaria / Scholar / India |
| 1939 | Crispian St. Peters / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1934 | Stanley Turrentine / Composer / United States of America |
| 1920 | Arthur Hailey / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1899 | Alfred Blalock / Surgeon / United States of America |
| 1521 | Francesco Laparelli / Architect / Italy |
| 1954 | Stan Ridgway / Writer / United States of America |
| 1883 | Walter Huston / Actor / United States of America |
| 1732 | Jean-Honoré Fragonard / Painter / France |
| 1946 | Russell Davies / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1992 | Emmalyn Estrada / Singer / Canada |
| 1946 | Takuro Yoshida / Singer / Japan |
| 1943 | Max Gail / Actor / United States of America |
| 1974 | Dinky dolma / Mountaineer / India |
| 1982 | Hayley Atwell / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1973 | Élodie Bouchez / Actress / United States of America |
| 1988 | Alex Valentini / Footballer / Italy |
| 1909 | Albert R. Broccoli / Producer / United States of America |
| 1975 | John Hartson / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1955 | Anthony Horowitz / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1935 | Peter Grant / Talent Manager / United Kingdom |
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