April 5
What happened on April 5 in history
3 events fall on April 5, from 1614 to 1992. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.
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Events on April 5
1614
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe
The marriage brings several years of peace between Powhatan and the Jamestown colony.
1955
Churchill resigns
The prime minister leaves office at eighty, after a second term.
1992
The siege of Sarajevo begins
Shots at a peace march open the longest siege of a capital in modern warfare.