Historical Events In April - 13

0799  On April - 13 paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies   

0814  On April - 13 krum of Bulgaria   

0837  On this day in history best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years   

0989  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 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 13 republic day of Gelnhausen   

1204  Crusaders occupy Constantinople on this day in history.   

1241  On this day in history battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Béla IV   

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 this day in history pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy   

1367  Battle at Nájera Spain: Castile & England beat Aragon & France on this day in history.   

1517  Osmaanse army occupies Cairo on April - 13.   

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  On April - 13 catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II   

1545  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II on April - 13.   

1556  On April - 13 portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope   

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

1598  On this day in history edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots   

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

1612  Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on April - 13.   

1626  On this day in history aert Jansz van Nes, Lt-admiral, baptised   

1640  On this day in history english Short Parliament forms (- May 5)   

1668  John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history jean de La Fontaine, poet, dies   

1713  On April - 13 pierre de Jelyotte, composer   

1721  On this day in history john Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation   

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

1728  On this day in history johann Christoph Schmidt, composer, dies at 63   

1729  On April - 13 thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore   

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1506  Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546) was born on April - 13.   

1519  On April - 13 birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II   

1519  De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France) was born on this day in history.   

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

1547  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)   

1570  On this day in history birth of guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)   

1573  On this day in history birth of christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)   

1584  Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.   

0799  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on this day in history.   

0814  Death of Krum of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1093  On April - 13 death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

1279  Death of Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on this day in history.   

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

1612  Death of Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history death of fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)   

1641  On this day in history death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)