Editing April 5 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; In [[Virginia]], [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Pocahontas]] marries English colonist [[John Rolfe]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hutner|first=Heidi|title=Colonial Women: Race and Culture in Stuart Drama|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2001|isbn=9780195141887|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DmnnCwAAQBAJ|page=24}}</ref>
*[[1621]] &ndash; The ''[[Mayflower]]'' sets sail from [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]] on a return trip to England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Philbrick|first=Nathaniel|title=Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Books|date=2006|isbn=9780143111979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9AXww_XysC|page=100}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; United States President [[George Washington]] exercises his authority to [[Veto power in the United States|veto a bill]], the first time this power is used in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Daynes|first=Byron W.|chapter=George Washington: Reluctant Occupant, Uncertain Model for the Presidency|title=George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency|editor-last1=Rozell|editor-first1=Mark J.|editor-last2=Pederson|editor-first2=William D.|editor-last3=Williams|editor-first3=Frank J.|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Praeger Press|date=2000|isbn=9780275968670|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FPpEd0sBJQC|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Peace of Basel]] between France and [[Prussia]] is made.<ref>{{cite book|last=Biesinger|first=Joseph A.|title=Germany: A Reference Guide From the Renaissance to the Present|location=New York|publisher=Facts On File|date=2006|isbn=9780816045211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exMn24SA7fMC|page=398}}</ref>
*[[1818]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of Maipú]], [[Chile]]'s independence movement, led by [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] and [[José de San Martín]], win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Jerome R.|title=Latin American Heroes: Liberators and Patriots From 1500 to the Present|location=New York|publisher=Ballantine Books|date=1993|isbn=9780345383846|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcCGDwAAQBAJ|pages=88–89}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Yorktown (1862)|Battle of Yorktown]] begins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2002|isbn=9780743218467|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p94XzYASDAC|pages=215–217}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Bolivia]] declares war on [[Chile]], and Chile declares war on [[Peru]], starting the [[War of the Pacific]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Eggenberger|first=David|title=Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles From 1479 B.C. to the Present|location=New York|publisher=Dover Books|date=1985|isbn=9780486249131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5pkSZBIXW0C|page=426}}</ref>