Today:
1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans during the Hundred Years’ War.
1661 – Charles II of England is crowned king at Westminster Abbey.
1770 – James Cook arrives at Botany Bay, Australia.
1852 – The first edition of Peter Roget’s Thesaurus is published.
1862 – Union forces capture New Orleans during the American Civil War.
1916 – The Easter Rising in Ireland ends with the surrender of Irish nationalists.
1945 – Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun in the Führerbunker.
1945 – Dachau concentration camp is liberated by American forces.
1992 – Riots erupt in Los Angeles after the acquittal of police officers charged with beating Rodney King.
2011 – Prince William and Catherine Middleton are married at Westminster Abbey in London.