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A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

Fall of Constantinople: Fourth Crusade's Impact (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)

10 min • 13 april 2024

A Daily Dose of History (13 Apr 2024)

Today's historical events:

  • Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
  • Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
  • Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.
  • The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints – by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
  • George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
  • American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
  • The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
  • Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.
  • American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
  • American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
  • The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
  • The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
  • Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.

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