? Battle of Thapsus: defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) near Thapsus in modern-day Tunisia
? Turkish forces under begin the siege of the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople (now Istanbul), which falls on May 29
Jan van Riebeeck arrives in Table Bay, South Africa
? Cape Colony, the , is established by the Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck
? The United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I on the side of the Allies
? Plane carrying Rwandan President and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations and sparking the . Those responsible have never been identified.
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Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood’s king is considered one of the great English monarchs. Yet he cost his country a fortune and barely lived there.
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