Historical Events In April - 13
Sunday, 21 December 2025
0799 On April - 13 paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies 

0814 On April - 13 krum of Bulgaria 

0837 On April - 13 best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years 

0989 On April - 13 the Byzantine emperor Basil II uses 6,000 Russians to help him defeat Bardas Phocas at Abydos in Anatolia April 13, ending the threat to Constantinople 

0989 On this day in history battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas 

1055 Bishop Gebhard van Eichstattt named Pope Victor II on this day in history. 

1111 On April - 13 pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II 

1180 Republic day of Gelnhausen on this day in history. 

1204 On this day in history crusaders occupy Constantinople 

1241 Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Béla IV on this day in history. 

1250 The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured on April - 13. 

1256 The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae on this day in history. 

1279 Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on April - 13. 

1346 On April - 13 pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy 

1367 On this day in history battle at Nájera Spain: Castile & England beat Aragon & France 

1517 On April - 13 osmaanse army occupies Cairo 

1517 On this day in history tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged 

1519 On this day in history the birth of Catherine de Medicis, Queen consort of Henry II of France 

1519 Catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II on this day in history. 

1545 On April - 13 elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II 

1556 Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope on April - 13. 

1593 Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland on April - 13. 

1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots on this day in history. 

1598 On this day in history edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots Countdown to the revolution starts 

1612 Sasaki KojirÅ, Japanese samurai on April - 13. 

1626 Aert Jansz van Nes, Lt-admiral, baptised on April - 13. 

1640 English Short Parliament forms (- May 5) on April - 13. 

1668 On April - 13 john Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate 

1695 Jean de La Fontaine, poet, dies on this day in history. 

1713 On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer 

1721 John Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation on April - 13. 

1722 On this day in history charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies 

1728 On April - 13 johann Christoph Schmidt, composer, dies at 63 

1729 Thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore on April - 13. 

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