📅 Today in HistoryApril 3

Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.

Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.

The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars.

The janissaries revolt in response to the debasement of coins.

Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.

Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III.

The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.

American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.

American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.