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April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining. It is also the Ides of April.
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- 1055 - Victor II is consecrated pope
- 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor
- 1180 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter
- 1598 - King Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religionFreedom of worship Freedom of religion is the individual's right or freedom to hold whatever religious beliefs he or she wishes, or none at all. This freedom extends mere freedom of thought by adding the freedom of worship and the freedom of religious con to the HuguenotIn the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. Origin of the Name Originally a term of derision, the origin remains uncertain. It may have derived from the personal name of Besans
- 1829Events January 8 Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke his associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released January 19 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust premieres March 4 Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President o - The British Parliament grants freedom of religionFreedom of worship Freedom of religion is the individual's right or freedom to hold whatever religious beliefs he or she wishes, or none at all. This freedom extends mere freedom of thought by adding the freedom of worship and the freedom of religious con to Roman Catholics
- 1849Events January 23 Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her MD by the Medical Institute of Geneva, New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor January 31 Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom February 14 In New York City, James Knox Polk be - HungaryThe Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars or Magyarorszag''. Magyar Koztarsasag ( In Detail) ( Full s becomes a republic
- 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United - American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders
- 1873 - Colfax Massacre
- 1883 - Alferd Packer is convicted of cannibalism
- 1902 - James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming
- 1919 - Amritsar massacre: British and Gurkha troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India
- 1941 - Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed
- 1943 - The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
- 1970 - The oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew into deadly peril.
- 1976 - The US Treasury reintroduces the 2 dollar bill during the US bicentennial.
- 1983 - Harold Washington is elected as the first African-American mayor in Chicago's history
- 1984 - Pete Rose becomes the first player in National League history to collect 4,000 hits
- 1985 - Enver Hoxha is succeeded by Ramiz Alia as the head of Albania's party leader
- 1986 - Jack Nicklaus wins his sixth Masters Tournament
- 1987 - Portugal and China sign an agreement in which the island of Macao would be returned to China in 1999
- 1990 - The Soviet Union admits to committing the Katyn Massacre
- 1993 - Lee Smith passes Jeff Reardon for first on the all-time saves list with his 358th save in a 9-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers
- 1997 - Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament
- 1997 - For the first time in 36 years, two doubleheader baseball games are played between the same pairs of cities on the same day. The San Francisco Giants v New York Mets and New York Yankees v Oakland Athletics
