The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.📜 POLITICS🌍 INDIA🗓️ 3 May 1939Political party in India
Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 2 May 18081807–1814 war against Napoleon in Iberia
The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 2 May 18761876 rebellion in Ottoman Bulgaria
Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA🗓️ 2 May 1885Indigenous people of North America
Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 29 April 15211521–1523 Swedish rebellion against King Christian II
Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 28 April 17891789 mutiny aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty
The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 25 April 0775Battle in AD 755 between the Abbasid Caliphate and rebelling Armenian forces
Transition from Ming to Qing: The Chongzhen Emperor📜 HISTORY🌍 CHINA🗓️ 25 April 1644Period of Chinese history (1618–1683)
The Governor General of Canada📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 25 April 1849Federal representative of the Canadian monarch
St. George’s Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 23 April 13431343–45 rebellion in Danish-controlled Estonia
The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 23 April 18151815–17 rebellion within Serbia following its re-annexation by the Ottoman Empire
Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 22 April 18361835–1836 rebellion
Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 21 April 18361835–1836 rebellion
The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 20 April 18761876 rebellion in Ottoman Bulgaria
Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 18 April 1689Capital and largest city in Massachusetts, United States
Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.📜 CITIES🌍 ITALY🗓️ 17 April 1797City in Veneto, Italy
The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 SPAIN🗓️ 16 April 15201520 rebellion in Castile, Spain
The Spithead mutiny begins📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 16 April 1797Two mutinies by British sailors in 1797
Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of “prayer and fasting” in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA🗓️ 16 April 1919Indian independence activist (1869–1948)