Today is Wednesday, April 13, the 105th day of 2016. There are 261 days left in the year.
1204 — Crusaders occupy Constantinople
1517 — Osmaanse army occupies Cairo
1556 — Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
1598 — Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1741 — Dutch people protest bad quality of bread
1741 — Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich
1759 — French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
1808 — William Henry Lane perfects the tap dance
1829 — English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics