First voyage of James Cook (1769)
Time: Thursday Apr 13, 1769
Place: Tahiti
Details: The British ship, commanded by James Cook, arrives in Matavia Bay, Tahiti, with a botanist on board.
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On This Day - 13 April


Byzantine Empire-Crusaders again took the city
Tuesday Apr 13, 1204 - Constantinople, Byzantine Empire


Crusades-Sack of Constantinople
Tuesday Apr 13, 1204 - Constantinople


George Washington-Father's Death
Saturday Apr 13, 1743 - Ferry Farm, Stafford County, Virginia, U.S. (then Colony of Virginia)


Elizabeth Blackwell-American Civil War broke out
Saturday Apr 13, 1861 - U.S.


Abraham Lincoln-Civil War Begin
Saturday Apr 13, 1861 - Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.


Red Summer-Jenkins County, Georgia, riot of 1919
Sunday Apr 13, 1919 - Jenkins County, Georgia, U.S.


Second Sino-Japanese War-The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
Sunday Apr 13, 1941 - Moscow, Russia


World War II-Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
Sunday Apr 13, 1941 - Moscow, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Moscow, Russia)


Operation Mincemeat-The committee articulated that Operation Mincemeat must be complete
Tuesday Apr 13, 1943 - U.K


Bay of Pigs Invasion-The El Encanto Fire
Thursday Apr 13, 1961 - Havana, Cuba


Garry Kasparov-Birth
Saturday Apr 13, 1963 - Baku, Azerbaijan, U.S.S.R (Azerbaijan Present Day)


United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Santiago Conference
Thursday Apr 13, 1972 - Santiago, Chile


Nelson Mandela-2nd Divorce
Monday Apr 13, 1992 - South Africa


Richard Jewell-Jewell Was Exonerated Completely
Wednesday Apr 13, 2005 - U.S.


Google LLC-Google Reached an agreement To acquire DoubleClick
Friday Apr 13, 2007 - Mountain View, California, U.S.


Prince Harry-The Lieutenant
Sunday Apr 13, 2008 - England


Kobe Bryant-NBA fined Bryant $100,000
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.


Kim Jong-un-Chairman of the National Defence Commission
Friday Apr 13, 2012 - North Korea


Sooronbay Jeenbekov-The Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016 - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan


Silvio Berlusconi-A.C. Milan Sold
Thursday Apr 13, 2017 - Milan, Italy


Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Over 100K Casualty
Monday Apr 13, 2020 - Geneva, Switzerland


International Monetary Fund-Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust
Monday Apr 13, 2020 - Washington D.C., U.S.


Joe Biden-Sanders endorsed Biden in a live-streamed discussion from their homes
Monday Apr 13, 2020 - U.S.

Charles Frederick Horn Birth
Tuesday Apr 13, 1762 - Nordhausen

Establishing of The Royal Military Academy
Thursday Apr 13, 1741 - Woolwich

Johanna Wattier Birth
Tuesday Apr 13, 1762 - Rotterdam

Thomas Lawrence Birth
Thursday Apr 13, 1769 - Bristol

Occupition of Cairo in 1517
Friday Apr 13, 1517 - Cairo
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Thomas Lawrence Birth
Thursday Apr 13, 1769 - Bristol
April 1769

Christian Bernstorff Birth
Monday Apr 3, 1769 - Copenhagen

Thomas Lawrence Birth
Thursday Apr 13, 1769 - Bristol
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Napoleon-Republic of Genoa transferred Corsica to France
1769 - Corsica, Kingdom of France


Muhammad Ali of Egypt-Birth
Saturday Mar 4, 1769 - Kavala, Ottoman Empire (Present-Day Kavala, Greece)


Mozart-La finta semplice
1769 - Salzburg, Austria


Napoleon-Birth
Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 - Ajaccio, Corsica, Kingdom of France


Mozart-Receiving the post of Konzertmeister
Monday Nov 27, 1769 - Salzburg, Austria

Christian Bernstorff Birth
Monday Apr 3, 1769 - Copenhagen

Thomas Lawrence Birth
Thursday Apr 13, 1769 - Bristol

William Smith created the first detailed nationwide geological map
Thursday Mar 23, 1769 - Churchill