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13 April

On This Day: 13 April

Peace of Cateau–Cambresis signed Click to show or hide the answer
Edict of Nantes: Henry IV (France) gives Huguenots equal rights to Catholics Click to show or hide the answer
Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia, dies Click to show or hide the answer
John Dryden appointed as the first official poet laureate Click to show or hide the answer
Royal Military Academy founded at Woolwich Click to show or hide the answer
Handel's Messiah first performed, in Dublin Click to show or hide the answer
Warren Hastings appointed Governor of Bengal Click to show or hide the answer
House of Commons passes the Catholic Emancipation Bill, allowing Catholics to become MPs and hold most public offices Click to show or hide the answer
Tom Hamilton delivers the first Pony Express delivery to Sacramento Click to show or hide the answer
Theodore II, Emperor of Ethiopia, commits suicide after his defeat by the British at Arogo Click to show or hide the answer
Anti–Semitic League founded in Prussia Click to show or hide the answer
Flagship of the Russian fleet sunk by a (Japanese?) mine; 600 lost Click to show or hide the answer
Royal Flying Corps constituted by Royal Warrant Click to show or hide the answer
Amritsar massacre: British soldiers open fire on nationalist rioters (followers of Gandhi), killing over 370 Click to show or hide the answer
Imperial Airways and Qantas inaugurate a service from London to Australia Click to show or hide the answer
Mussolini's forces invade Albania Click to show or hide the answer
Sidney Poitier becomes the first black recipient of a Best Actor Oscar (for The Lilies of the Field) Click to show or hide the answer
Abdul Salam Arif, President of Iraq, killed in a helicopter crash Click to show or hide the answer
Jack Swigert hears an explosion on Apollo 13: "Houston, we've had a problem here" Click to show or hide the answer
Fighting between Christians and Moslems breaks out in Beirut Click to show or hide the answer
Severiano Ballesteros (23) becomes the first European US Masters champion, and the youngest ever Click to show or hide the answer
The Kremlin admits that it was Soviet secret police, and not Nazis, who massacred 150,000 Polish army officers in the Katyn Forest in 1940 Click to show or hide the answer
Kurds engage in heavy fighting with the Iraqi army Click to show or hide the answer
Neil Kinnock resigns as leader of the Labour party, three days after the Conservatives win a fourth consecutive general election Click to show or hide the answer
Brian Lara regains the record for the highest score in a Test innings: 400 not out against England in Antigua (beating Matthew Hayden's 380) as West Indies score 751–6 declared – their second highest score ever and the highest against England by any side Click to show or hide the answer

© Haydn Thompson 2019