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1499 - Catherine of Aragon, is married by proxy to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
1568 - Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary Queen of Scots.
1643 - Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
1649 - An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
1749 - King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
1780 - New England's Dark Day: A combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 10:30 A.M.
1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Légion d'Honneur.
1828 - U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
1848 - Mexican-American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for $15 million USD.
1864 - American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
1897 - Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence. The anniversary of this event is the official date of commemoration of the Pontic Greek Genocide in Greece and Cyprus.
1921 - The U.S. Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
1922 - The Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union is established.
1943 - World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the cross-English Channel landing (D-Day). It would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather.
1961 - Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
1962 - A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of Happy Birthday.
1971 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
1991 - Croatians vote for independence at their independence referendum.
2009 - Sri Lanka announces victory in it's 27 year war against the terrorist organisation, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

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1 JanuaryIndependence Day (Independence Day)
2 JanuaryAncestry Day
28 FebruaryCarnival
1 MarchCarnival
18 AprilGood Friday
1 MayLabour Day (Labour Day)
18 MayFlags and Universities Day
1 JuneAscension of Jesus
19 JuneCorpus Cristi (Corpus Cristi)
15 AugustAssumption of Mary
17 OctoberOctober Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
1 NovemberAll Saints
2 NovemberAll Souls' Day
18 NovemberArmy Day (Armed Forces Day)
25 DecemberChristmas
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République d'Haïti, Repiblik d Ayiti
Republic of Haiti - FlagRepublic of Haiti - Coat of arms
Republic of Haiti - Location
Capital: Port-au-Prince
Official languages: French, Haitian Creole
Government: Republic
Currency: Gourde (HTG)
Population: 8 925 000
Area: 27 750 km²
Religion: Catholicism (80%)
Time Zone: UTC -5
Auto Code: HT
Internet TLD: .ht
Calling code: +509
Corporate Income Tax: 10-30%
Personal Income Tax: 10-30%
Value Added Tax: 10%
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