ON THIS DAY FACTS - 4th April
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - April 4th British History On this day in history in 1660, almost-King Charles-Not-Yet-The-Second proclaimed The Declaration of Breda , promising a pardon for crimes committed during the Civil War. Included were the crimes committed against his father. In particular the one involving the removal of his head from his body. The Declaration of Breda was the first step in the restoration of the monarchy. And just because Charles-Will-Be-Second-And-Will-Get-His-Vengeance believed you can't commit regicide and get away with it, a lesson he was taught by reading Game of Thrones, doesn't mean he will hunt down and kill every git who had anything to do with his father's murder. Although he will. And did. Russian History On the 4th of April 1866, Tsar Alexander suffered his first assassination attempt. It was a cold day in St. Petersburg when Dmitry Karakozov decided h...