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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_22" title="April 22">April 22</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500" title="1500">1500</a> – A fleet commanded by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_%C3%81lvares_Cabral" title="Pedro Álvares Cabral">Pedro Álvares Cabral</a></b> anchored off present-day Brazil; he later claimed the land for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1885" title="1885">1885</a> – The first meeting of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Defence_Committee" title="Colonial Defence Committee">Colonial Defence Committee</a></b>, a standing committee of the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Office" title="Colonial Office">Colonial Office</a>, was held to discuss the defence of Barbados.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> – The short-lived <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcaucasian_Democratic_Federative_Republic" title="Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic">Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic</a></b> was established on territory formerly part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951" title="1951">1951</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>: The Chinese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Volunteer_Army" title="People's Volunteer Army">People's Volunteer Army</a> attacked positions occupied mainly by Australian and Canadian forces, starting the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Battle of Kapyong</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a></b>, an international treaty on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>, opened for signature and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Paris_Agreement" title="List of parties to the Paris Agreement">was signed by 175 parties</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_of_Poitou" title="Philip of Poitou">Philip of Poitou</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1208); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ludwig_Kahn" title="Robert Ludwig Kahn">Robert Ludwig Kahn</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1923); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regine_Velasquez" title="Regine Velasquez">Regine Velasquez</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1970)</p>
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