On This Day in History April 13, 2023

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 rider reaches Sacramento, California 1868  Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Butch Cassidy 1866 - 1908 Samuel Beckett 1906 - 1989 Stanislaw Ulam 1909 - 1984 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. Read the Article