This Day in History
Today: April 13, 2026
1111
Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.[1]
1204
Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.[2]
1455
Thirteen Years' War: the beginning of the Battle for Kneiphof.[3]
1612
Samurai Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō in a duel at Funajima island.[4]
1613
Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.[5]
1699
The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints </span...
1742
George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland.[7]
1777
American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.[8]
1829
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.[9]
1849
Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.[10]
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