Editing April 22 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1809]] &ndash; The second day of the [[Battle of Eckmühl]]: The [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] army is defeated by the [[First French Empire]] army led by [[Napoleon]] and driven over the [[Danube]] in [[Regensburg]].
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: A day after the [[Battle of San Jacinto]], forces under [[Republic of Texas|Texas]] General [[Sam Houston]] identify Mexican General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] among the captives of the battle when some of his fellow soldiers mistakenly give away his identity.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Stephen L.|title=Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign|location=Dallas|publisher=Republic of Texas Press|date=2004|isbn=978-1-58907-009-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MM9kRaMd28kC|pages=374–379}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] passes the [[Coinage Act of 1864]] that permitted the inscription ''In God We Trust'' be placed on all coins minted as [[United States currency]].<ref>{{Cite web |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |date=2011 |title=History of 'In God We Trust' |url=https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224051104/https://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx |archive-date=Dec 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; The first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] baseball game is played at the [[Jefferson Street Grounds]] in Philadelphia.
*[[1889]] &ndash; At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the [[Land Rush of 1889]]. Within hours the cities of [[Oklahoma City]] and [[Guthrie, Oklahoma|Guthrie]] are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish–American War]]: President [[William McKinley]] calls for 125,000 volunteers to join the [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] and fight in [[Cuba]], while [[United States Congress|Congress]] more than doubles [[United States Army|regular Army]] forces to 65,000.<ref>{{cite book|last=McCallum|first=Jack|title=Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781851096930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BXB9QtUfFQC|page=306}}</ref>