On This Day: April 5th

Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.

United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.

In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

The second English Parliament of king James I, the so-called Addled Parliament, opens.

Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph.

During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army.

Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.