Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 5
April 5: Mawlid in Shi'a Islam, Maundy Thursday in Christianity (2007); Qingming Festival in the Chinese calendar; Hansik in South Korea.
- 1242 - In the Battle of the Ice, Novgorod forces led by Alexander Nevsky rebuffed an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights at Lake Peipus.
- 1614 - Native American Pocahontas (pictured) married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia, and was christened Lady Rebecca.
- 1847 - The world's first civic public park, Birkenhead Park in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, opened.
- 1955 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigned, stating his advancing age.
- 1998 - Japan's Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world to date.