Editing April 1 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s later ''[[Easter Oratorio]]'' in its first version is performed at the [[St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig|Nikolaikirche]] in Leipzig on [[Easter Sunday]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000317?lang=en | title = Kommt, fliehet [gehet] und eilet, ihr flüchtigen Füße BWV 249.3; BWV 249; BC D 8a | website = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 | access-date = 2 April 2025 | ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital cantata|2025}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; In New York City, the [[United States House of Representatives]] achieves its first [[quorum]] and elects [[Frederick Muhlenberg]] of [[Pennsylvania]] as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|its first Speaker]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jenkins|first1=Jeffery A.|last2=Stewart|first2=Charles Haines|title=Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780691118123|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHlZCBqGvZIC}}</ref>
*[[1833]] &ndash; The [[Convention of 1833]], a political gathering of settlers in [[Mexican Texas]] to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in [[San Felipe, Texas|San Felipe de Austin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Amelia W.|title=The Alamo Defenders: A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo and the Personnel of Its Defenders|location=Rockport, Tex.|publisher=Copano Bay Press|date=2010|isbn=9780982246771|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spv_1-DkzWIC|page=22}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops led by [[Philip Sheridan]] decisively [[Battle of Five Forks|defeat]] Confederate troops led by [[George Pickett]], cutting the [[Army of Northern Virginia]]'s last supply line during the [[Siege of Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Infantry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOsnedbtySMC&pg=PA45|date=June 2011|publisher=U.S. Army Infantry School|pages=45}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Singapore]] becomes a British [[crown colony]].<ref>{{cite book|author-last1=Vreeland|author-first1=Nena|author-last2=Dana|author-first2=Glenn B.|author-last3=Hurwitz|author-first3=Geoffrey B.|author-last4=Just|author-first4=Peter|author-last5=Shinn|author-first5=R.S.|title=Area Handbook for Singapore|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1977|oclc=3032967|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Fwev4A3Rc0C}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; The [[White Star Line|White Star]] steamer [[SS Atlantic (1870)|SS ''Atlantic'']] sinks off [[Nova Scotia]], killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=W.H. Davenport|title=Great Shipwrecks: A Record of Perils and Disasters at Sea, 1544-1877|location=London|publisher=T. Nelson|date=1877|oclc=1039482884|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3cBAAAAQAAJ|pages=507–508|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|author=Canada Department of Agriculture|title=The Statistical Year-Book of Canada for 1899|location=Ottawa|publisher=Canada Department of Agriculture|date=1900|oclc=1080360321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7h0UAAAAYAAJ|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark|Prince George]] becomes absolute monarch of the [[Cretan State]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, US|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=13}}|</ref>