April 13th in History
April 13th in History
- 1598: Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots Countdown to the revolution starts
- 1829: The British Parliament passed the Catholic Emancipation Act, granting freedom of religion
- 1849: Hungarian Republic proclaimed
- 1865: Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again
- 1912: The British Royal Flying Corps (RAF) was created by Royal Charter
- 1943: FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial
- 1960: France becomes the 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara And atom here, an atom there
- 1970: The American spacecraft Apollo 13, enroute to the Moon, has an onboard explosion
April 13th birthdays
- 1519: Catherine de Medicis, Queen consort of Henry II of France
- 1570: Guy Fawkes, english rebel
- 1743: Thomas Jefferson, Former American President
- 1852: F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores
- 1902: Philippe de Rothschild, French industrialist
- 1906: Samuel Beckett, Irish author
- 1909: Eudora Welty, American writer
- 1963: Gary Kasparov, Russian world champion chess player
