What happend on 2nd April

01.04
03.04
1917

World War I: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

1902

"Electric Theatre", the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.

1865

American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

1865

American Civil War: Siege of Petersburg broken

1863

Richmond Bread Riots: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand the Confederate government to release emergency supplies.

1801

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen

1800

Manhattan Well Mystery: In New York City, the trial of Levi Weeks ends with an acquittal. Weeks was defended by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

1792

The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.

1755

Commodore William James captures pirate fortress of Severndroog on west coast of India.

1513

Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first known European to do so.