History On 7 April

1. Troops attack Russian Empire to Sweden

7 April 1721, the Russian Emperor Peter the Great instructed his troops to attack Sweden. This action by Russia in order to expand his power. With the number of troops and military facilities are more complete, Russia defeated the Swedish army.

Later, Peter the Great to impose an agreement containing a willingness to Swedish Swedish to release some of their territories, including Finland which was part of the Swedish area.

2. Striking Italian troops Albania

7 April 1937, Italy began the attack magnitude to Albania. Two days earlier, the Italian and German military talks about a plan the attack Rome to Albania. During the talks, known as "The General Talks", the Germans gave their support to Italy to invade Albania.

Eventually, with the support of 400 combat aircraft, 10,000 Italian troops invade Albania. Having survived for five days to face the onslaught of great Italian army, Albania finally gave up and the country became one of the occupied Italy.

3. Henry Ford dies

7 April 1948, Henry Ford, inventor and scientist from the United States died at the age of 84 years. He was born in 1863 in the Greenfield area, the United States, in the midst of a poor family. When I was a child, Ford worked at a company clock.

When was a teenager, he showed great interest and talent in the field of mechanics. Interest and talent is what made ​​him do a lot of experimentation in the field of automobile manufacturing. When passed, Ford left a legacy of a giant automobile company empire, named as the name suggests: Ford.