The Czech Crown Jewels have moved several times. King Sigismund and Frederick the Great wanted to keep them. They also travelled to Vienna several times, for example during the Austro-Prussian War. They returned to Prague on 28 April 1867.
As the only chairman in occupied Europe, General Alois Elias ended up in front of a firing squad. "His" protectorate government was appointed on April 27, 1939. People saw him as a symbol of patriotism.
Thousands of artefacts have been found by archaeologists in southern Norway in places that used to be covered by ice. A road lined with stone cairns led through the area and was heavily used by local residents and traders from afar. It was not until the 14th century that the decline was caused by a plague epidemic.
Critical food shortages caused so-called hunger storms during the First World War, as most of the food went to the front. So people took to the streets to demonstrate. Some of them were shot. In Prostějov on 26 April 1917, 23 locals lost their lives.
Albrecht of Wallenstein's well-chosen tactics won the Imperial Army one of the most important clashes of the Thirty Years' War. Count Mansfeld had to flee, losing four thousand men. The Battle of Dessau took place on April 25, 1626.
The ancient Roman city of Baiae was situated on the northwestern coast of the Bay of Naples. At the time of its greatest prosperity, especially towards the end of the Roman Republic, it was considered a fashionable centre of the famous for its hedonistic entertainments and associated scandals, a kind of Las Vegas of the ancient Roman Empire.
To this day she is one of the most beautiful and magnificent warships ever built. But the Swedish Vasa sank shortly after sailing. She was not recovered from the Baltic Sea until 24 April 1961.
A large part of Brno celebrated its liberation just three days after the Red Army arrived in the city. It happened on 23 April 1945, when Marshal Malinovsky himself gave the order for the final attack from Major General Afonin's observation post on the hill above Křepice.