On April 13
On April 13, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Edict of Nantes ends the French Wars of Religion (1598).
On this day
On 13 April 1598 King Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, granting French Protestants (Huguenots) substantial rights of conscience and worship and bringing the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598) to a close.
Also this week in history (Apr 10 – Apr 16)
On 10 April 1815 Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) erupted in the most powerful volcanic event in recorded history, a VEI-7 explosion that ejected roughly 40 cubic kilometres of material and…
On 15 April 1874 a group of independent artists opened their first exhibition in the former studio of the photographer Nadar on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, bypassing the official Salon.
Beginning on 15 April 1989, sparked by the death of reformist Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang, students and citizens gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to demand political reform, press freedom and an end to corruption.
On 14 April 2003 the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the essentially complete sequence of the human genome, more than two years ahead of schedule.
Signed on 10 April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement (also called the Belfast Agreement) brought a substantial end to the Troubles, the three-decade ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland between mainly Catholic Irish nationalists…