April 13
1250 The Seventh Crusade was defeated in Egypt; Louis IX of France was captured.
1256 The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issued a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
1598 Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.)
Published on April 13, 2015 01:30