Historical Events on April 5

1495 battle on the island of Hispaniola between indigenous and Spanish forces

1513 Portuguese siege on the Arab Peninsula

1799 battle during the War of the Second Coalition

1812 treaty between Sweden and Russia

Battle of the Chilean War of Independence

1823 battle in Costa Rica

1849 battle near Eckernförde, Germany

1886 treaty between Bulgaria and the Ottomans

1918 military battle

1932 anti-corruption and Great Depression riot in St. John's, Newfoundland

1941treaty between Colombia and Venezuela

Georgian uprising on Texel — insurgency

37th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1964

1968 Pittsburgh riots

Chiang Kai-shek's death & funeral

1975 attack on Mountview Tavern by Irish republicans

Tiananmen incident — 1976 protest in Beijing, China

1993 mass shooting in Chongqing, China

1996 mass shooting in Canada

2009 filicide in Florida, U.S

Battle of the Sri Lankan civil war

30 killed and 150 injured in blast at a Shia mosque in Chakwal, Pakistan

Dutch navy retaking container ship from Somali pirates

2010 Timergarah bombings

2020 death of a woman from COVID-19