What is April 3?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[257 BC]] &ndash; A [[solar eclipse]] is seen over southern [[Gaul]] and [[Tuscany]]. * [[33]] &ndash; [[Crucifixion]] of [[Jesus]] (traditional date) * [[1043]] &ndash; [[Edward the Confessor]] is crowned [[King of England]]. * [[1559]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis]] [[treaty]] is signed, ending the [[Italian Wars]]. * [[1764]] &ndash; [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]] is crowned Roman–German [[King]] in [[Frankfurt]]. * [[1834]] &ndash; The Generals in the [[Greek War of Independence]] stand trial for [[treason]]. * [[1860]] &ndash; The first successful [[Pony Express]] run from [[Saint Joseph, Missouri]] to [[Sacramento, California]] is started (completed on [[April 13]]). * [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[United States|Union]] forces capture [[Richmond, Virginia]], the capital of the break–away [[Confederate States of America]]. * [[1881]] &ndash; The Greek [[island]] of [[Chios]] is hit by a major [[earthquake]]. People do not return to the island until [[1911]]. * [[1882]] &ndash; American Old West: Outlaw [[Jesse James]] is killed by [[Robert Ford]]. * [[1884]] &ndash; Belgian [[passenger]] [[ship]] ''Daniel Steinmann'' sinks in a [[storm]] of [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], killing 121 people. * [[1885]] &ndash; [[Gottlieb Daimler]] is granted a German patent for his engine design. * [[1895]] &ndash; The trial in the [[libel]] case brought by [[Oscar Wilde]] begins. It eventually leads to imprisonment on charges of [[homosexuality]]. * [[1896]] &ndash; [[La Gazzetta dello Sport]] first goes on sale in [[Italy]]. It is the world's oldest sports paper. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1905]] &ndash; [[Boca Juniors]] football club is founded in [[Buenos Aires]]. * [[1922]] &ndash; [[Joseph Stalin]] succeeds [[Vladimir Lenin]] as leader of the [[Soviet Union]]. * [[1926]] &ndash; [[Honduras]] introduces the [[Lempira]] as its [[currency]]. * [[1933]] &ndash; The first flight over [[Mount Everest]] occurs, as part