User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/April 2

April 2

 * 1453 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which would fall on May 29
 * 1755 - Commodore William James captures pirate fortress of Severndroog on west coast of India.
 * 1801 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen - The British destroy the Danish fleet.
 * 1865 - American Civil War: Siege of Petersburg broken - Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.