The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 16 April 2003Expansion of the European Union
The Mamluk Sultanate defeats the Mongols in the battle of Elbistan.📜 HISTORY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 1277State in Egypt, Hejaz and Syria (1250–1517)
Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years’ War📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 15 April 14501450 battle of the Hundred Years' War
Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 16321632 battle of the Thirty Years' War
Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 1642Ethno-religious conflict within Ireland between 1641 and 1653
The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1715Conflict between Carolinian colonial settlers and Native American tribes (1715–17)
President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1861President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
The General Electric Company is formed.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1892American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1900Armed Philippine-American conflict (1899–1902)
The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1969Downing of a U.S. Navy aircraft by North Korean over the Sea of Japan
The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1986US April 1986 military operation in Libya
In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 20142014 mass killing of civilians during the South Sudanese Civil War
Legions loyal to the Roman Senate📜 CITIES🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 14 April 2026Political institution in ancient Rome
Combined Bulgarian and Cuman army under Kalojan ambushes and defeats forces of the Latin Empire of Constantinople in the Battle of Adrianople.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 14 April 1205Emperor of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207
Tokhtamysh–Timur war: At the Battle of the Terek River📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 14 April 13951386–1395 war between Tokhtamysh and Timur
In England📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 14 April 1471Cadet branch of the House of Plantagenet
A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 14 April 1561Supposed celestial phenomenon in the Holy Roman Empire