April 6:

A.D. 1652: Cape Colony is established by the Dutch East India Company.\

A.D. 1722: Peter the Great ends a tax on men with beards.

A.D. 1869: The first plastic, celluloid, is patented.

April 7:

c. A.D. 30: Estimate of the date for Jesus of Nazereth's crucifixion outside of Jerusalem.

A.D. 1827: Wooden matches are invented by English chemist John Walker.

A.D. 1933: Jews are banned from legal and public service in Nazi Germany.

A.D. 1933: Prohibition ends in the United States.