April 3 in History

Athelstan granted Bishop Beornheah land at Medmerry with woodland and meadow in Sussex.

John has Arthur of Brittany killed to prevent Arthur from claiming the English throne. After the Battle of Mirabeau rumour circulates that, drunk & possessed, John had slain Arthur & thrown his body into the Seine

John has Arthur of Brittany killed to prevent Arthur from claiming the English throne

John has Arthur of Brittany killed to prevent Arthur from claiming the English throne

Meets Edward I to help settle the Scottish succession

Henry IV marries Joan, daughter of Charles II of Navarre, by proxy

Henry IV marries Joan, daughter of Charles II of Navarre, by proxy

Under the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis Spain retains Franche-Comte

Under the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis Spain retains Milan

Under the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis Spain retains Naples

Under the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis Spain retains Sicily

Spain retains Franche-Comte, Milan, Naples & Sicily. Philip II marries Henry II's daughter Elizabeth. Ends war between the Valois of France & the Habsburg Empire

Philip II marries Henry II's daughter Elizabeth. Henry II's sister marries Emmanuel Comte de Savoy. Ends war between the Valois of France & the Habsburg Empire

Henry II ends the long Habsburg Valois war by treaty with Spain and England

Philip II makes peace with France after decades of Habsburg Valois warfare

Spain retains Franche-Comte, Milan, Naples & Sicily. Philip II marries Henry II's daughter Elizabeth. Henry II's sister marries Emmanuel Comte de Savoy. Ends the war between the Valois of France & the Habsburg Empire

Elected to Order of the Garter

Royalist troops burn parts of Birmingham after overcoming local resistance.

Removes the existing Generals

Fairfax succeeds Essex as Captain General & Cromwell becomes Lt General

Fairfax succeeds Essex as Captain General & Cromwell becomes Lt General

Fairfax becomes commander of the New Model Army created to improve Parliament's war effort.

Appointed 2nd-in-Command of the New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax

Appointed 2nd-in-Command of the New Model Army

A modified Self-Denying Ordinance is passed by the Lords

Cromwell is exempted from resignation pressure and continues military service with Parliament's army.

Removes the existing Generals. Creates a New Model Army becoming 2nd-in-Command under Sir Thomas Fairfax. All MPs except Cromwell must relinquish military commissions within 40 days

Created 7th Earl of Worcester

Receives a French commission as colonel of an English regiment.

Accepts Parliament's annual control over military discipline through the Mutiny Act

Shares in the new constitutional settlement limiting standing-army authority

Acknowledged King by an Irish Parliament

Succeeds as King of England

James II arrives at Dublin

James II lands at Kinsale

Britains 1st Prime Minister

Britains 1st Prime Minister

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term

Talleyrand was elected as a clergy deputy for Autun to the Estates General.

Appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland

Bouboulina commits ships and wealth from Spetses to the Greek revolt

Brunel accidentally inhales a half-sovereign coin and later designs equipment to help remove it.

Polk takes office supporting completion of Texas annexation

Inaugurated President of the USA, 11th President

Supports unification for a time, leading the Frankfurt Parliament to offer him the crown of Germany, which he refuses, purportedly saying that he would not accept "a crown made of mud and clay"

Supports unification for a time, leading the Frankfurt Parliament to offer him the crown of Germany, which he refuses, purportedly saying that he would not accept "a crown made of mud and clay"

Lincoln declares that the Union is perpetual and appeals for preservation of the Constitution

Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States

Federal troops protect the capital during Lincolns first inauguration

Lincoln begins his first term as President of the United States

Lincoln states that his constitutional duty is to preserve protect and defend the Union

Lincoln begins his 2nd term as President of the United States

Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address as victory over the Confederacy approaches

Lincoln speaks of reunion and reconstruction in his second inaugural address

Lincoln is inaugurated for his second presidential term

Lincoln begins his 2nd term as President of the United States

Begins the Christian Schweigaard Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

The Christian Selmer Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

Publishes For Unity: Beyond All Obstacles in Vienna Pravda, pressing his campaign for Social Democratic reunification.

Imprisoned for inciting people to place explosives outside Lloyd George's house

Is sentenced for inciting the bombing of Lloyd George's house.

Begins hunger striking after receiving a three-year sentence.

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

Kerensky wishes to convene the Constituent Assembly to institute more Liberal reforms

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

At Byelo-Ostrov Station, Finland Railway, Stalin, Ulyanova and a delegation of Petrograd and Sestroretsk working men and women meet Lenin on his return from exile and accompany him to Petrograd

Lenin arrives at Finland Station after returning from exile and immediately challenges support for the Provisional Government.

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

The Habsburgs are banished

Appointed President of Ecuador

Composes, "Concerto for Two Violins & Orchestra"

Coaches Real Madrid to their first Spanish league title after an unbeaten season.

Completes an unbeaten league campaign as Real Madrid secure their first Spanish championship.

Francos forces reach the Catalan border

Adolf Hitler orders the German military to start planning for Fall Weiss, the codename for the invasion of Poland

Issues "Case White", secret plans to be carried out from 1st September 1939

Churchill warns Stalin the Germans have regrouped in Poland to invade Russia

Churchill warns Stalin the Germans had regrouped in order to invade Russia

Awarded the Swords to the Oak Leaf for the withdrawal from Rhzev

Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces

Appointed Minister of the Interior

Appointed President of Czechoslovakia. After the Prague uprising at the end of World War II, Benes returned home and reassumed his former position as President

Appointed Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia

Establishes a provisional Government with the aid of the Russian liberation forces

Executed for war crimes, held responsible for the "Bataan Death March"

Marshall Plan assistance begins supporting European reconstruction and American export markets.

Israel signs an armistice with Syria. Israel signs an armistice with Jordan

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

Braddock receives a briefing on propaganda arrangements intended to accompany the invasion.

King helps launch coordinated demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham.

Shuttlesworth coordinates local activists with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

King and Southern Christian Leadership Conference organisers begin Project C in Birmingham.

Lays out a programme for Parliament including further nationalization

US air operations expand against infiltration routes connected to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos

Approves air interdiction against Ho Chi Minh Trail routes in southern Laos

Johnson approves expanded air interdiction against infiltration routes through Laos

Coordinates US embassy approval for air operations over Laos

The achievement marks first lunar satellite as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Leads the programme placing Luna 10 into lunar orbit.

Five days later, President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader

Johnson declares a national day of mourning for the lost civil rights leader

King is booked in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel, owned by Walter Bailey, in Memphis, while standing on the motel's 2nd floor balcony, King is shot at 6:01 p.m. Five days later, President Lyndon B.

King is pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 p.m.

King returns to Memphis and addresses a rally, delivering his "I've been to the Mountaintop" address at Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ, Inc. - World Headquarters), King's flight to Memphis had been delayed by a bomb threat against his plane.

The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities.

Presents arguments for workplace safety legislation built around recognised trade unions.

The then-unknown band called the Sex Pistols open for The 101ers at a venue called "The Nashville Rooms"

Performs with the Sex Pistols when they support The 101ers, influencing Joe Strummer's move toward punk.

Makes his live debut with the Sex Pistols at the Screen on the Green.

Sid Vicious debuts with the band at the Screen on the Green in London

Sees the Education Act receive Royal Assent.

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

Backed by an emergency session of the House of Commons

Directs Guerrico during a close-range engagement with Royal Marines defending South Georgia.

Leads marine troops ashore during the Argentine occupation of South Georgia.

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

The United Nations directive 502 is passed through the House of Commons

Commands an Argentine marine detachment sent to reinforce the operation against the British position at Grytviken.

Commands ARA Guerrico as the corvette supports Argentine operations to seize Grytviken.

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

The United Kingdom's United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands

Submits a British draft resolution after the invasion.

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

The United Kingdom's United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

Resolution 502 demands Argentine withdrawal from the islands.

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

The United Nations passes Resolution 502 demanding Argentine withdrawal from the Falklands

The United Nations directive 502 is passed through the House of Commons

UN Security Council passes Resolution 502 by 10 votes to 1 (with 4 abstentions) demanding immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands - Argentina refuses to comply

The United Kingdoms United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands

The United Kingdoms United Nations ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons submits a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council, the resolution, which condemned the hostilities and demanded immediate Argentine withdrawal from the Islands

Thiam leaves office when the prime ministership is abolished again

Diouf abolishes the prime ministership and consolidates executive authority

General Conte assumes power in Guinea

Rakesh Sharma becomes the first Indian citizen to travel into space aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 mission.

The US charges Israel with violating the Geneva Convention for deporting Shiites

The US charges Israel with violating the Geneva Convention for deporting Shiites

Mladenovs reformed Communist Party wins a narrow majority in Parliament

The resolution addresses borders, weapons controls and compensation.

Security Council establishes the formal ceasefire framework with Iraq.

The United Nations establishes the formal ceasefire and Iraq's disarmament obligations.

Voyager 2's photopolarimeter is switched off after degraded performance ends the experiment.

Meets Bill Clinton at Vancouver for their first presidential summit and discusses economic reform, aid and strategic security.

Is formally registered as an independent candidate for re-election as Russian president.

Is appointed to chair the Saville Inquiry.

Loum leaves office after Wade's presidential victory

Moustapha Niasse becomes Prime Minister under President Wade

TerreBlanche, who had lived in relative obscurity since the collapse of his organisation, is murdered on his farm Villana, just outside Ventersdorp, beaten to death with pipes and pangas (machetes), while napping

Sidibe becomes the first woman appointed Prime Minister of Mali.

Nazarbayev wins early presidential election

New Horizons reaches the halfway point in distance between Pluto and its next Kuiper Belt target, 2014 MU69.

Scores an overhead kick during Real Madrid's quarter-final victory at Juventus.

Secures legislation requiring the government to seek an Article 50 extension.

Holds briefings as federal health agencies update mask guidance.

Reports mass civilian killings after Russian forces withdraw from Bucha

Initiates a special national and international mechanism to investigate crimes committed during the invasion.

Mnangagwa declares a nationwide state of disaster after severe drought.

The Government estimates that ending resident-doctor strikes protected half a million NHS appointments.

The Government reports that the elective waiting list has fallen by 193,000.

Military-backed parliament elects Min Aung Hlaing as President

Death of Arthur of Brittany, assassinated

Death of Christopher Mount

Shivaji dies at Raigad after building a durable Maratha kingdom with fortified inland and coastal defenses.

Death of James Clark Ross

Death of Ghazi, drives his car into a lamppost

Death of Masaharu Homma, executed

Death of Lionel Bart

Death of Eugene Ney TerreBlanche

Fought between an Anglo-Gascon army and Franco-Castilian forces near Najera, in the province of La Rioja, Castile. The English were led by Edward, the Black Prince, and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, allied with Peter of Castile (sometimes called "Peter the Cruel") against his brother Henry of Trastámara (Spanish: Enrique II). Restores Peter the cruel to the throne of Castille

Fought between an Anglo-Gascon army and Franco-Castilian forces near Najera, in the province of La Rioja, Castile. The English were led by Edward, the Black Prince, and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, allied with Peter of Castile (sometimes called "Peter the Cruel") against his brother Henry of Trastámara (Spanish: Enrique II). Restores Peter the cruel to the throne of Castille

Helps defend Birmingham during Prince Rupert’s Royalist attack.

Attacks Birmingham after the town supplies Parliamentarian forces.

Rupert leads Royalist forces in an attack on Parliamentarian Birmingham.

The Russians lose 42,000 men. Awarded the Swords to the Oak Leaf for the withdrawal from Rhzev

Keeps command after Guerrico is damaged by British small-arms and anti-tank fire during the Grytviken action.

Crowned King of Wessex