April 13 : Vaisakhi (Sikhism); Thingyan begins in Burma; Lao New Year in Laos; Thai New Year's Day
- 1742 – Messiah , an oratorio by baroque composer George Frideric Handel (pictured), premiered in Dublin.
- 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.
- 1945 – World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces captured Vienna in German-occupied Austria.
- 2009 - Twenty-three people died in a homeless hostel fire in Kamień Pomorski, Poland, the country's deadliest fire since 1980.
More anniversaries: April 12 – April 13 – April 14
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