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Hugh of Provence abdicates the throne in favor of his son Lothair II who is acclaimed sole king of Italy.
Year 1204
Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
Year 1613
Samuel Argall captures Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father; she is brought to Henricus as hostage.
Year 1742
George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
Year 1777
American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
Year 1829
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
Year 1849
Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.
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Birthdays on 13 April 266
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Deaths on 13 April 113
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