A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
April 13: Day of the Week
April 13, 2024 was the 104th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 262 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 13 Historical Event(s)
1111
Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1204
Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1598
Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.)
1612
Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojiro at Funajima island.
1613
Samuel Argall kidnaps Chief Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas in Virginia along the Potomac River.
1873
The Colfax Massacre takes place.
1945
World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna, Austria.
1964
At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
1975
Bus massacre in Lebanon: Attack by the Phalangist resistance kill 26 militia members of the P.F.L. of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
1976
The United States Treasury Department reintroduced the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson’s 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
Who were born on April 13?
1784
Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)
1940
Max Mosley, British racing driver, engineer and former president of the FIA
1945
Charles Robinson, American actor
1946
Al Green, American singer and pastor
1947
Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer & former minister
1960
Rudi Völler, German football coach
1972
Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player
1978
Chris Sligh, American Idol finalist
1978
Kyle Howard, American actor
1979
Baron Davis, American basketball player
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