A look back at history on this date
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American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand after the death of his half-brother, Rama III.
Robert Walpole becomes, in effect, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, though he himself denied that title.
The janissaries revolt in response to the debasement of coins.
The second of two treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
Polyeuctus of Constantinople is elected as patriarch of Constantinople.
Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
Xing Zong
Chinese emperor (died 1055)
Born 1016Igor Svyatoslavich
Kievan Rus' prince (died 1202)
Born 1151George of Trebizond
Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (died 1486)
Born 1395John III of Egmont
Dutch nobleman (died 1516)
Born 1438Michael Neander
German mathematician and astronomer (died 1581)
Born 1529Maria de' Medici
Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (died 1557)
Born 1540George Herbert
English poet (died 1633)
Born 1593Charles V
duke of Lorraine (died 1690)
Born 1643Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth
33William III
Duke of Aquitaine (born 915)
963al-Adil ibn al-Sallar
vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
1153Philip of Milly
seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar (born c. 1120)
1171Arthur I
Duke of Brittany (born 1187)
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