On This Day in History April 13, 2019

Historical Events 1250  The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France captured 1598  Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots 1860  1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California 1868  Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide 1960  France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Butch Cassidy (1866 - 1908) Jonathan Brandis (1976 - 2003) Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989) Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Annie Jump Cannon (1863 - 1941) Günter Grass (1927 - 2015) More Famous Deaths April 13: Hallelujah! Music That Moved a King Few can fail to be moved by Handel's Messiah oratorio, culminating in the Hallelujah Chorus. It was even said to have brought a king to his feet.