Memory of the day: Crusaders defeated in Egypt’s Mansoura in 1250

CAIRO – 6 April 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on April 6.

1250 - The defeat of the Crusaders in Mansoura, Egypt, during the Seventh Crusade, and the capture of King Louis IX of France.

1814 - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.

1896 - The opening of the first Olympic Games in Athens.

1919 - Mahatma Gandhi's revolution begins in India.