What happened on 3 April?

12 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1721 Walpole's premiership Sir Robert Walpole serves as de-facto first Prime Minister; sets the pattern of cabinet government.
2. 33 Crucifixion of Jesus Jesus of Nazareth is executed under Pontius Pilate in Roman Judaea; foundational event of Christianity.
3. 1721 Walpole becomes first Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole is widely regarded as Britain's first prime minister (formally First Lord of the Treasury).
4. 1948 Marshall Plan American aid programme to rebuild war-torn Western Europe.
5. 1963 Birmingham campaign MLK and SCLC campaign in Birmingham; police use fire hoses and dogs on children; photos shock the nation.
6. 1849 Prussia's king refuses the German crown The Frankfurt Parliament offers Frederick William IV the crown of a united, constitutional Germany — and he turns it down, privately sneering at a 'crown from the gutter' offered b
7. 1919 The flu strikes the peace conference At the height of the Paris negotiations, Woodrow Wilson is felled by influenza — and returns to the table days later visibly diminished, abruptly conceding points to Clemenceau he
8. 1312 Suppression of the Templars Pope Clement V dissolves the Knights Templar at the Council of Vienne; Grand Master Jacques de Molay burned in 1314.
9. 1934 Born: Jane Goodall The primatologist whose study of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of animals and conservation.
10. 2016 Panama Papers A leak of 11.5 million files exposes how the global elite use offshore shells to hide wealth, toppling several leaders.
11. 1897 Vienna Secession founded Klimt leads nineteen artists out of the Vienna establishment — 'to every age its art, to art its freedom' — and modernism gets a house style.
12. 1919 Habsburg Law exiles the dynasty The new Austrian republic banishes the family, confiscates its property and abolishes its titles; Habsburgs may return only as private citizens renouncing all claims.