31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
1436 Florentine cathedral Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore with dome by Filippo Brunelleschi consecrated by Pope Eugene IV (begun 1296)
1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 per slave introduced for ship captains
1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
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