21. Killed in his sleep by Indians in 1583, General Juan de Garay, who was the founder of the cities of Santa Fe in 1573 and Buenos Aires in 1580.
21. The Siege and Surrender of Astorga (to 22-04), 1810.
21. German Kaiserlacht Offensive on the Western Front, South of Arras (to 05-04), 1918.
21. Creation of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) of the United States Air Force, 1946.
22. Foundation of the city of Viedma, 1779. During the exploration of the Black River (Río Negro), until then unknown, five leagues away from the point where the river flows into the sea, Don Francisco de Viedma founded what would later become the capital city of the Province of Río Negro, a city that would bear his name. A flood led Viedma to transfer the location of a fortress to the other side of the river, to build on the Fort of Our Lady of Carmen, currently the city of Carmen de Patagones on higher ground.
22. Battle of Tarvis, 1797. French forces led by Maj. Gen. André Masséna annihilates the Austrian army of Archduke Charles. Trieste with its great arsenal fell to the French army. Lately Masséna's army had advanced to within 130 Km. of Vienna when Austria asked for an armistice on April 11.
22. US troops cross the Rhine at Oppenheim, 1945.
23. German long-range attacks by "Paris Gun" begin (to 09-08), 1918.
24. Signature of a Peace Treaty between the Kings of Spain and Portugal, complementing the Preliminary Treaty of Saint Ildefonse of 01-10-1777, on the limits of the American colonies, 1778.
24. The General Constitutional Assembly abolished the Inquisition for ever in the Argentine territory, 1813.
24. The Afrika Corps takes El Agheila, 1941.
25. The Battle of Fere-Champenoise, 1814.
26. Debut of British "Whippet" tanks in France, 1918.
26. Fighting ends on Iwo Jima, Pacific, 1945.
27. Spain takes possession of the Malvinas Islands, 1767. According to the agreement celebrated with French naval officer de Bougainville, the Spanish Ruiz Puente landed for the transfer of domain.
27. The capture of Vigo, Spain, 1809.
27. Death of English seaman Henry W. Parker, 1826. He had offered his services to Admiral William Brown at the beginning of the War with Brazil. He was appointed second chief of the flagship 25 de Mayo and later given command of the ship Congreso Nacional. Seriously wounded in the Battle of Colonia, he died in a field hospital.
27. Massacre at Goliad, Texas, 1836. Three hundred and ninety Texan prisioners from Col. JamesFannin's command were killed by forces of Col. Guerrier, under General Santa Ana's orders.
27. Japan withdraws from the League of Nations, 1933.
27. Last V-2 lands in England, 1945.
28. The Government of Buenos Aires, to honor the memory of the inhabitants who had been massacred by the Spanish in the village of Cangallo in the Upper Peru, decided to give their name to one of the city streets, 1822. At the end of the 20th Century, another government changed the name of the street selected as a tribute to these martyrs to replace it with the name of an Argentine general and government official who still today arouses deep-seated controversy over the quality of his public and private behavior.
28. Battle of Cape Matapan, Pacific, 1941.
29. Creation of the Chiefs of Staff of the Argentine Army, 1817.
29. Death in Buenos Aires of Brigadier General Cornelio de Saavedra, 1829. He had been born in the city of Potosí, Upper Peru, el 15-09-1759. He studied in Buenos Aires, where he settled. The First British Invasion pushed him to a military career. After having taken part in the Reconquest of 1806, he was selected by the newly formed Patricios Regiment as its first military chief. In 1810, he was one of the promoters of the idea of setting up an independent government, and was elected president of the Provisional Government Junta, a position in which he served until 1811. During that period he had strong discrepancies with Mariano Moreno, the Junta Secretary, who tendered his resignation. Having been expelled from the government, he was confined to the city of San Juan, where he resided until he returned to Buenos Aires in 1815. He was appointed head of the Army's Chiefs of Staff, a position he retained until 1820. In 1822, he retired from public activity to devote himself to agriculture.
29. French General Ferdinand Foch appointed Allied coordinator on the Western Front, 1918.
30. Born in the city of Buenos Aires, Juan M. Rosas, 1793. From a family of Buenos Aires' aristocracy, he was a landlord and judge of the peace. Appointed Governor of Buenos Aires in 1829, he was reappointed –with the summation of public powers granted by the Legislature- in 1835. He ruled in a despotic manner, driving his adversaries into exile on peril of their lives. He was the head of a political organization, the Federal Party, which held power without admitting any opposition. In 1851, the Governor of Entre Ríos, General Justo J. De Urquiza, who until then had been his ally, raised against him and defeated him in the Battle of Caseros in 03-02-1852. Rosas fled the battlefield and immediately embarked –probably in an action that had been well-organized prior to the battle—in a British ship that took him to England, where he died on 14-03-1877.
30. Soviet forces take Danzig, 1945.
31. Battle of Pago Largo, 1839. The Governors of the provinces of Santa Fe, Domingo Cullen and Corrientes, General Genaro Berón de Astrada, had forged an alliance. They were trying to gain the support of the Governor of Entre Ríos, Pascual Echagüe, and later, among the three, possibly bring in the Governor of the Province of Cordoba to force the Governor of Buenos Aires, Juan M. Rosas, to adopt a different approach to public affairs or renounce. Echagüe betrayed his colleagues, informing dictator Rosas of these projects. Cullen was forced to flee and Echagüe prepared to invade the Province of Corrientes. The Congress of Corrientes supported its Governor and granted a credit for the forthcoming war. At the end of March, Berón de Astrada advanced with his forces up to Mocoretá, while the forces of Entre Ríos camped a few miles away from the Corrientes army. A fierce battle ensued. The forces of Corrientes were defeated by General Justo J. de Urquiza who commanded the army of Entre Ríos. The Governor of Corrientes died in the battlefield. The winners killed over 800 prisoners out of the 2000 that had been taken.
31. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces de-escalation of the Viet Nam War and states he will not run for reelection, 1968.
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