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| April 3rd, 2008 (April 03 2008) | Death | Hrvoje Custic, Croatian football player (born in 1983) | |
| April 3rd, 2007 (April 03 2007) | Event | Conventional-Train World Speed Record: a French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record. | |
| April 3rd, 2007 (April 03 2007) | Death | Marion Eames, Welsh novelist (born in 1921) | |
| April 3rd, 2007 (April 03 2007) | Death | Eddie Robinson, American football coach (born in 1919) | |
| April 3rd, 2007 (April 03 2007) | Death | Nina Wang, Asia s richest woman (born in 1937) | An Wang Quotes |
| April 3rd, 2005 (April 03 2005) | Death | Tony Croatto, Italian singer (born in 1940) | |
| April 3rd, 2004 (April 03 2004) | Event | Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves. | |
| April 3rd, 2003 (April 03 2003) | Death | Michael Kelly, American journalist (born in 1957) | |
| April 3rd, 2002 (April 03 2002) | Death | Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (born in 1956) | |
| April 3rd, 2000 (April 03 2000) | Event | United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors. | |
| April 3rd, 2000 (April 03 2000) | Death | Terence McKenna, American writer and philosopher (born in 1946) | Philo Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1999 (April 03 1999) | Death | Lionel Bart, English composer (Oliver!) (born in 1930) | Lionel Bart Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1998 (April 03 1998) | Death | Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (born in 1900) | |
| April 3rd, 1997 (April 03 1997) | Event | Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. | |
| April 3rd, 1996 (April 03 1996) | Event | Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana, United States cabin. | |
| April 3rd, 1996 (April 03 1996) | Event | A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board. | |
| April 3rd, 1996 (April 03 1996) | Death | Ron Brown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (born in 1941) | |
| April 3rd, 1996 (April 03 1996) | Death | Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (born in 1927) | |
| April 3rd, 1995 (April 03 1995) | Death | Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman (Canadian Tire) (born in 1902) | |
| April 3rd, 1994 (April 03 1994) | Death | Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (born in 1932) | |
| April 3rd, 1993 (April 03 1993) | Birth | Dakoda Dowd, American golfer | |
| April 3rd, 1993 (April 03 1993) | Death | Pinky Lee, American comic and children s television host (born in 1907) | Lee Child Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1991 (April 03 1991) | Death | Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (born in 1901) | |
| April 3rd, 1991 (April 03 1991) | Death | Graham Greene, English writer (born in 1904) | Graham Greene Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1990 (April 03 1990) | Death | Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born in 1924) | |
| April 3rd, 1989 (April 03 1989) | Birth | Israel Falou, Rugby League player | |
| April 3rd, 1988 (April 03 1988) | Birth | Peter Hartley, English footballer | |
| April 3rd, 1988 (April 03 1988) | Birth | Tim Krul, Dutch footballer | |
| April 3rd, 1988 (April 03 1988) | Death | Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (born in 1907) | |
| April 3rd, 1987 (April 03 1987) | Birth | Sal Zizzo, American soccer player | |
| April 3rd, 1987 (April 03 1987) | Birth | Julie Sokolow, American musician | |
| April 3rd, 1987 (April 03 1987) | Birth | Jay Bruce, American baseball player | |
| April 3rd, 1987 (April 03 1987) | Death | Tom Sestak, American football player (born in 1936) | |
| April 3rd, 1986 (April 03 1986) | Birth | Amanda Bynes, American actress | |
| April 3rd, 1986 (April 03 1986) | Birth | Sergio Sanchez, Spanish footballer | |
| April 3rd, 1986 (April 03 1986) | Death | Peter Pears, English tenor (born in 1910) | |
| April 3rd, 1985 (April 03 1985) | Birth | Leona Lewis, English singer | |
| April 3rd, 1984 (April 03 1984) | Birth | Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer | |
| April 3rd, 1984 (April 03 1984) | Birth | Maxi Lopez, Argentine footballer | |
| April 3rd, 1983 (April 03 1983) | Birth | Errol Barnett, English reporter | |
| April 3rd, 1982 (April 03 1982) | Event | Great Britain sends a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina. | |
| April 3rd, 1982 (April 03 1982) | Birth | Fler, German rapper | |
| April 3rd, 1982 (April 03 1982) | Birth | Jared Allen, American football player | |
| April 3rd, 1982 (April 03 1982) | Birth | Iain Fyfe, Australian soccer player | |
| April 3rd, 1982 (April 03 1982) | Birth | Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol | |
| April 3rd, 1982 (April 03 1982) | Birth | Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress | |
| April 3rd, 1982 (April 03 1982) | Death | Warren Oates, American character actor (born in 1928) | |
| April 3rd, 1981 (April 03 1981) | Birth | Heath Ramsay, Australian Olympic swimmer | |
| April 3rd, 1981 (April 03 1981) | Birth | Aaron Bertram, American musician | |
| April 3rd, 1981 (April 03 1981) | Birth | Matthew Nash, Australian soccer player | |
| April 3rd, 1981 (April 03 1981) | Death | Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, Pan Am founder (born in 1899) | |
| April 3rd, 1978 (April 03 1978) | Birth | Tommy Haas, German tennis player | |
| April 3rd, 1978 (April 03 1978) | Birth | Matthew Goode, English actor | |
| April 3rd, 1978 (April 03 1978) | Birth | John Smit, South African rugby player | |
| April 3rd, 1978 (April 03 1978) | Death | Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (born in 1903) | |
| April 3rd, 1976 (April 03 1976) | Birth | Drew Shirley, American musician | |
| April 3rd, 1976 (April 03 1976) | Birth | Will Mellor, English actor | |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Event | Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default. | Bobby Fischer Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Birth | Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian basketball player | |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Birth | Aries Spears, American comedian | |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Birth | Mickey Beyer Clausen, Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist | |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Birth | Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player | |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Birth | Koji Uehara, Japanese professional baseball pitcher | |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Birth | Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese professional baseball player | |
| April 3rd, 1975 (April 03 1975) | Death | Mary Ure, Scottish actress (born in 1933) | |
| April 3rd, 1974 (April 03 1974) | Event | The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured. | |
| April 3rd, 1973 (April 03 1973) | Event | The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States. | |
| April 3rd, 1973 (April 03 1973) | Birth | Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor | |
| April 3rd, 1973 (April 03 1973) | Birth | Jamie Bamber, English actor | |
| April 3rd, 1972 (April 03 1972) | Birth | Jennie Garth, American actress | |
| April 3rd, 1972 (April 03 1972) | Birth | Sandrine Testud, French Top-10 tennis player | |
| April 3rd, 1972 (April 03 1972) | Death | Ferde Grofe, American composer (born in 1882) | |
| April 3rd, 1971 (April 03 1971) | Birth | Picabo Street, American alpine ski champion | |
| April 3rd, 1971 (April 03 1971) | Death | Joseph Valachi, American gangster (born in 1904) | |
| April 3rd, 1969 (April 03 1969) | Event | Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort. | |
| April 3rd, 1969 (April 03 1969) | Birth | Lance Storm, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| April 3rd, 1968 (April 03 1968) | Event | Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech. | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1968 (April 03 1968) | Birth | Sebastian Bach, Canadian musician | |
| April 3rd, 1968 (April 03 1968) | Birth | Charlotte Coleman, English actress (died in 2001) | |
| April 3rd, 1968 (April 03 1968) | Birth | Jamie Hewlett, English illustrator | |
| April 3rd, 1967 (April 03 1967) | Birth | Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 3rd, 1967 (April 03 1967) | Birth | Mark Skaife, Australian racing driver | |
| April 3rd, 1966 (April 03 1966) | Birth | Mina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) | |
| April 3rd, 1966 (April 03 1966) | Birth | John de Vries, Australian racing driver | |
| April 3rd, 1965 (April 03 1965) | Birth | Nazia Hassan, South Asian pop singer (d.2000) | |
| April 3rd, 1965 (April 03 1965) | Death | Ernst Kirchweger, Austrian communist and resistance fighter (born 1897 or 1898) | |
| April 3rd, 1964 (April 03 1964) | Birth | Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist | |
| April 3rd, 1964 (April 03 1964) | Birth | Andy Robinson, English rugby player | |
| April 3rd, 1963 (April 03 1963) | Birth | Criss Oliva, American musician (died in 1993) | |
| April 3rd, 1963 (April 03 1963) | Birth | Jack Del Rio, American football coach | |
| April 3rd, 1963 (April 03 1963) | Birth | Tsuyoshi Sekito, Japanese composer | |
| April 3rd, 1962 (April 03 1962) | Birth | Mike Ness, American musician | |
| April 3rd, 1962 (April 03 1962) | Birth | Jennifer Rubin, American actress | |
| April 3rd, 1961 (April 03 1961) | Birth | Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian | |
| April 3rd, 1960 (April 03 1960) | Birth | Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch musician | |
| April 3rd, 1960 (April 03 1960) | Birth | Marie Denise Pelletier, Quebec singer | |
| April 3rd, 1959 (April 03 1959) | Birth | David Hyde Pierce, American actor | |
| April 3rd, 1958 (April 03 1958) | Birth | Alec Baldwin, American actor | |
| April 3rd, 1958 (April 03 1958) | Birth | Jaya Prada, Indian Actress | |
| April 3rd, 1956 (April 03 1956) | Event | Hudsonville-Standale Tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado. | |
| April 3rd, 1956 (April 03 1956) | Birth | Miguel Bose, Spanish musician and actor | |
| April 3rd, 1956 (April 03 1956) | Birth | Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (died in 1996) | |
| April 3rd, 1956 (April 03 1956) | Birth | Boris Miljkovic, Serbian director | |
| April 3rd, 1955 (April 03 1955) | Event | The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg s book Howl against obscenity charges. | |
| April 3rd, 1954 (April 03 1954) | Birth | Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer | |
| April 3rd, 1953 (April 03 1953) | Birth | Craig Taubman, Jewish singer | |
| April 3rd, 1952 (April 03 1952) | Birth | Mike Moore, American politician and attorney | |
| April 3rd, 1952 (April 03 1952) | Death | Miina Sillanpaa, Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (born in 1866) | |
| April 3rd, 1951 (April 03 1951) | Birth | Mel Schacher, American musician | |
| April 3rd, 1950 (April 03 1950) | Birth | Sally Thomsett, English actress | |
| April 3rd, 1950 (April 03 1950) | Death | Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian, author, journalist and founder of Black History Month (born in 1875) | |
| April 3rd, 1950 (April 03 1950) | Death | Kurt Weill, German composer (born in 1900) | |
| April 3rd, 1949 (April 03 1949) | Birth | Lyle Alzado, American football player (died in 1992) | |
| April 3rd, 1949 (April 03 1949) | Birth | Richard Thompson, English musician and songwriter | |
| April 3rd, 1949 (April 03 1949) | Birth | Anthony Grayling, British philosopher | Philo Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1948 (April 03 1948) | Event | President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. | Harry S. Truman Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1948 (April 03 1948) | Event | In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre. | |
| April 3rd, 1948 (April 03 1948) | Birth | Arlette Cousture, French-Canadian writer | |
| April 3rd, 1948 (April 03 1948) | Birth | Carlos Salinas, President of Mexico | |
| April 3rd, 1946 (April 03 1946) | Event | Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March. | |
| April 3rd, 1946 (April 03 1946) | Birth | Hanna Suchocka, Poland s first female prime minister | |
| April 3rd, 1946 (April 03 1946) | Birth | Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress | |
| April 3rd, 1945 (April 03 1945) | Birth | Bernard Parent, Quebec ice hockey player | |
| April 3rd, 1945 (April 03 1945) | Birth | Catherine Spaak, French actress | |
| April 3rd, 1944 (April 03 1944) | Birth | Tony Orlando, American musician | |
| April 3rd, 1943 (April 03 1943) | Birth | Jonathan Lynn, British actor and comedy writer | |
| April 3rd, 1943 (April 03 1943) | Birth | Mario Lavista, Mexican composer | |
| April 3rd, 1943 (April 03 1943) | Birth | Richard Manuel, Canadian musician and songwriter (died in 1986) | |
| April 3rd, 1943 (April 03 1943) | Birth | Doreen Tracey, English-born Mouseketeer | |
| April 3rd, 1943 (April 03 1943) | Death | Conrad Veidt, German actor (born in 1893) | |
| April 3rd, 1942 (April 03 1942) | Event | World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. | |
| April 3rd, 1942 (April 03 1942) | Birth | Marsha Mason, American actress | |
| April 3rd, 1942 (April 03 1942) | Birth | Wayne Newton, American singer | |
| April 3rd, 1942 (April 03 1942) | Birth | Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (died in 2005) | |
| April 3rd, 1942 (April 03 1942) | Birth | Billy Joe Royal, American singer | |
| April 3rd, 1941 (April 03 1941) | Birth | Jan Berry, American musician (died in 2004) | |
| April 3rd, 1941 (April 03 1941) | Birth | Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping (died in 1984) | |
| April 3rd, 1941 (April 03 1941) | Birth | Eric Braeden, German-born actor | |
| April 3rd, 1941 (April 03 1941) | Birth | Philippe Wynne, American musician (died in 1984) | |
| April 3rd, 1939 (April 03 1939) | Birth | Francois de Roubaix, French film score composer (died in 1975) | |
| April 3rd, 1938 (April 03 1938) | Birth | Jeff Barry, American songwriter and record producer | |
| April 3rd, 1936 (April 03 1936) | Event | Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh II, the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. | |
| April 3rd, 1936 (April 03 1936) | Birth | Scott LaFaro, American musician (died in 1961) | |
| April 3rd, 1936 (April 03 1936) | Birth | Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist | |
| April 3rd, 1936 (April 03 1936) | Death | Bruno Hauptmann, German killer of Charles Lindbergh III (born in 1899) | |
| April 3rd, 1934 (April 03 1934) | Birth | Jane Goodall, English zoologist | |
| April 3rd, 1932 (April 03 1932) | Death | Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1853) | |
| April 3rd, 1930 (April 03 1930) | Birth | Lawton Chiles, U.S. (Florida) Senator and Governor (died in 1998) | |
| April 3rd, 1930 (April 03 1930) | Birth | Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany | |
| April 3rd, 1930 (April 03 1930) | Birth | Wally Moon, American baseball player | |
| April 3rd, 1930 (April 03 1930) | Death | Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (born in 1847) | |
| April 3rd, 1929 (April 03 1929) | Event | RMS Queen Mary is ordered from John Brown & Company Shipbuilding and Engineering by Cunard Line. | |
| April 3rd, 1929 (April 03 1929) | Birth | Lee Leonard, American television personality | |
| April 3rd, 1928 (April 03 1928) | Birth | Don Gibson, American country musician (died in 2003) | |
| April 3rd, 1928 (April 03 1928) | Birth | Kevin Hagen, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| April 3rd, 1928 (April 03 1928) | Birth | Jennifer Paterson, English chef and TV personality (died in 1999) | |
| April 3rd, 1926 (April 03 1926) | Birth | Alex Grammas, American baseball player | |
| April 3rd, 1926 (April 03 1926) | Birth | Gus Grissom, American astronaut (died in 1967) | |
| April 3rd, 1925 (April 03 1925) | Birth | Tony Benn, British politician | Tony Benn Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1924 (April 03 1924) | Birth | Marlon Brando, American actor (died in 2004) | Marlon Brando Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1924 (April 03 1924) | Birth | Doris Day, American actress | |
| April 3rd, 1922 (April 03 1922) | Event | Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. | Joseph Stalin Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1921 (April 03 1921) | Birth | Robert Karvelas, American actor (died in 1991) | |
| April 3rd, 1921 (April 03 1921) | Birth | Dario Moreno, Turkish-Jewish singer and songwriter (died in 1968) | |
| April 3rd, 1921 (April 03 1921) | Birth | Jan Sterling, American actress (died in 2004) | |
| April 3rd, 1920 (April 03 1920) | Birth | John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-born American auto worker, alleged Nazi | |
| April 3rd, 1920 (April 03 1920) | Birth | Stan Freeman, American composer and lyricist (died in 2001) | |
| April 3rd, 1918 (April 03 1918) | Birth | Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer, conductor and administrator (died in 2000) | |
| April 3rd, 1917 (April 03 1917) | Event | Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, marking the beginning of Bolshevik leadership in the Russian Revolution. | Vladimir Lenin Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1916 (April 03 1916) | Birth | Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (died in 1997) | |
| April 3rd, 1913 (April 03 1913) | Birth | Per Borten, Premier of Norway (died in 2005) | |
| April 3rd, 1905 (April 03 1905) | Birth | Robert Frederick Sink, United States Army Officer (died in 1965) | |
| April 3rd, 1904 (April 03 1904) | Birth | Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (died in 1999) | |
| April 3rd, 1904 (April 03 1904) | Birth | Russel Wright, American industrial designer (died in 1976) | |
| April 3rd, 1901 (April 03 1901) | Death | Richard D Oyly Carte, British impresario (born in 1844) | |
| April 3rd, 1899 (April 03 1899) | Birth | David Jack, English footballer (died in 1958) | |
| April 3rd, 1898 (April 03 1898) | Birth | George Jessel, American comedian (died in 1981) | George Jessel Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1898 (April 03 1898) | Birth | Henry Luce, American publisher (died in 1967) | |
| April 3rd, 1897 (April 03 1897) | Death | Johannes Brahms, German composer (born in 1833) | |
| April 3rd, 1895 (April 03 1895) | Event | Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality. | Oscar Wilde Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1895 (April 03 1895) | Birth | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (died in 1968) | |
| April 3rd, 1893 (April 03 1893) | Birth | Leslie Howard, English actor (died in 1943) | |
| April 3rd, 1893 (April 03 1893) | Birth | Princess Maud of Fife (died in 1945) | |
| April 3rd, 1889 (April 03 1889) | Birth | Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (died in 1949) | |
| April 3rd, 1885 (April 03 1885) | Event | Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design. | |
| April 3rd, 1885 (April 03 1885) | Birth | Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director (died in 1981) | |
| April 3rd, 1885 (April 03 1885) | Birth | Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (died in 1954) | |
| April 3rd, 1882 (April 03 1882) | Event | American Old West: Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford. | |
| April 3rd, 1882 (April 03 1882) | Death | Jesse James, American outlaw (born in 1847) | |
| April 3rd, 1881 (April 03 1881) | Birth | Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (died in 1954) | |
| April 3rd, 1880 (April 03 1880) | Birth | Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (died in 1903) | Philo Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1868 (April 03 1868) | Death | Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and inventor (born in 1796) | |
| April 3rd, 1865 (April 03 1865) | Event | American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. | |
| April 3rd, 1860 (April 03 1860) | Event | The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins. | |
| April 3rd, 1849 (April 03 1849) | Death | Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (born in 1809) | |
| April 3rd, 1834 (April 03 1834) | Event | The generals in the Greek War of Independence stand trial for treason. | |
| April 3rd, 1827 (April 03 1827) | Death | Ernst Chladni, German physicist (born in 1756) | |
| April 3rd, 1823 (April 03 1823) | Birth | William Marcy Tweed, American political boss (died in 1878) | |
| April 3rd, 1822 (April 03 1822) | Birth | Edward Everett Hale, American writer (died in 1909) | Edward Vere Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1821 (April 03 1821) | Birth | T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (died in 1892) | |
| April 3rd, 1814 (April 03 1814) | Birth | Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (died in 1901) | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1806 (April 03 1806) | Birth | Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (died in 1856) | Philo Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1804 (April 03 1804) | Death | Jedrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest (born in 1727/1728) | |
| April 3rd, 1792 (April 03 1792) | Death | George Pocock, British admiral (born in 1706) | |
| April 3rd, 1783 (April 03 1783) | Birth | Washington Irving, American author (died in 1859) | Washington Irving Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1770 (April 03 1770) | Birth | Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (died in 1843) | |
| April 3rd, 1769 (April 03 1769) | Birth | Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (died in 1835) | |
| April 3rd, 1764 (April 03 1764) | Birth | John Abernathy, English surgeon (died in 1831) | |
| April 3rd, 1728 (April 03 1728) | Death | James Anderson, Scottish lawyer (born in 1662) | |
| April 3rd, 1717 (April 03 1717) | Death | Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (born in 1640) | |
| April 3rd, 1715 (April 03 1715) | Birth | William Watson, English physician and scientist (died in 1787) | William Watson Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1695 (April 03 1695) | Death | Melchior d Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (born in circa 1636) | |
| April 3rd, 1693 (April 03 1693) | Birth | George Edwards, English naturalist (died in 1773) | |
| April 3rd, 1691 (April 03 1691) | Death | Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (born in 1608) | |
| April 3rd, 1683 (April 03 1683) | Birth | Mark Catesby, English naturalist (died in 1749) | |
| April 3rd, 1682 (April 03 1682) | Death | Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (born in 1618) | |
| April 3rd, 1680 (April 03 1680) | Death | Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, India (born in 1630) | |
| April 3rd, 1643 (April 03 1643) | Birth | Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, general of the Holy Roman Empire (died in 1690) | |
| April 3rd, 1606 (April 03 1606) | Death | Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon, English politician (born in 1563) | Devo Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1593 (April 03 1593) | Birth | George Herbert, English poet and orator (died in 1633) | George Herbert Quotes |
| April 3rd, 1559 (April 03 1559) | Event | The Peace of Cateau-Cambresis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars. | |
| April 3rd, 1529 (April 03 1529) | Birth | Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (died in 1581) | |
| April 3rd, 1367 (April 03 1367) | Birth | King Henry IV of England (died in 1413) | |
| April 3rd, 1350 (April 03 1350) | Death | Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1295) | |
| April 3rd, 1287 (April 03 1287) | Death | Pope Honorius IV, Pope for two years from 1285 to 1287 (born in circa 1210) | |
| April 3rd, 1151 (April 03 1151) | Birth | Igor Svyatoslavich, Ukrainian prince (died in 1202) | |
| April 3rd, 1077 (April 03 1077) | Event | The first Parliament of Friuli is created. | |
| April 3rd, 1043 (April 03 1043) | Event | Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. | |
| April 3rd, 0963 (April 03 0963) | Death | William III, Duke of Aquitaine (born in 915) | |
