This Day in History
01 Apr 1064
Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik
01 Apr 1318
Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English.
01 Apr 1340
Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom ending the 1332- interregnum in Denmark.
01 Apr 1572
Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards during the Eighty Years War gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
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