What happend on 4th June

03.06
05.06
1913

Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.

1896

Henry Ford test-drives the first automobile he designed – the Quadricycle (it was also the first automobile he ever drove).

1878

Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

1876

An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.

1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.

1859

Italian Independence wars: in the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeats an Austrian army.

1812

Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the territory previously known by that name was renamed the Missouri Territory.

1794

British troops capture Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

1792

Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Great Britain.

1769

A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in the historical past.