This Day in History
Today: April 3, 2026
686
Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.[1]
1043
Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.[2]
1077
The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.[3]
1559
The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars.[4]
1721
Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.[5]
1851
Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III.[6]
1860
The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.[7]
1865
American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.[8]
1882
American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.[9]
1885
Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.[10]
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