Portal:Virginia/Selected anniversaries/April

19th-century painting depicting the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe

• April 5, 1614: Pocahontas and John Rolfe are married (pictured).
• April 9, 1865: General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, officially ending the Army of Northern Virginia
• April 17, 1861: After President Lincoln calls for troops, the Virginia Secession Convention votes for it to secede from the Union.
• April 20, 1775: The Gunpowder Incident results from the attempt of Governor Dunmore to remove the militia's gunpowder from Williamsburg.
• April 26, 1607: Captain Newport and the colonists make their First Landing in the New World at Cape Henry.