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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016

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  • Published Apr 12, 2016 4:14 pm KST
  • Updated Apr 12, 2016 4:14 pm KST

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