Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 13
This is a list of selected April 13 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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George Frideric Handel
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Henry IV of France -
Henry IV of France (requires undeletion)
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Polish firefighters searching for victims in the charred remains of the homeless shelter in Kamień Pomorski, Poland -
Charred remains of the homeless shelter in Kamień Pomorski, Poland -
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Jefferson Memorial
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Thai New Year's Day | unreferenced section |
| 1873 – In the wake of a disputed election for local offices in Colfax, Louisiana, US, armed white supremacists overpowered freedmen and the African American state militia trying to control the parish courthouse, killing over 100 of them. | refimprove section |
| 1919 – The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, a government in exile based in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation of Korea, was formed. | refimprove |
| 1943 – The neoclassical Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth. | unreferenced section |
Eligible
- 1598 – King Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, granting freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
- 1742 – Messiah, an oratorio by baroque composer George Frideric Handel, premiered in Dublin.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.
- 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act was granted Royal Assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.
- 1919 – British Indian Army troops massacred hundreds of unarmed men, women and children who were attending a peaceful gathering at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, India.
- 1941 – The Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan signed a neutrality pact, which lasted through most of World War II.
- 1943 – World War II: German news announced the discovery of a mass grave in Katyn, Russia, of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile and the USSR.
- 1948 – A convoy bringing medical and fortification supplies and personnel to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus was ambushed by Arab forces, leaving about eighty people dead.
- 1953 – The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.
- 1956 – The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, military commander of the Hoa Hao religious sect, which ran a de facto state in southern Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1997 – In golf, twenty-one-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the U.S. Masters, breaking the tournament's record for the lowest four-round score (270 strokes, 18 under par).
- 2009 - Twenty-three people died in a homeless hostel fire in Kamień Pomorski, Poland, the country's deadliest fire since 1980.
Notes
- Henry V of England appears on April 9, so to avoid confusion, Henry V HRE should not appear in the same year.
- Serse appears on April 15 so the Messiah blurb should not appear in the same year.
April 13: Vaisakhi (Sikhism); Thingyan begins in Burma; Lao New Year in Laos
- 1111 – Henry V, the last ruler of the Salian dynasty, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1813 – A "miserable" new parish church for Reculver was consecrated, replacing a 1,144-year-old church which had been mostly demolished in 1809, despite being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon church architecture and sculpture.
- 1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces captured Vienna in German-occupied Austria.
- 1958 – In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn (pictured) won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
- 1984 – Indian forces launched Operation Meghdoot, a preemptive attack on the disputed Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir, triggering a military conflict with Pakistan.