Ides-of-April
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- Ides of March Caasar's fateful day, the death of a tyrant
- April 13
- April 13, 1742: Handel's Messiah is performed for the first time, in Dublin
- April 13, 1829: The Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829 gave Catholics the right to vote and hold elective office in the United Kingdom, a move pushed by Irish lawyer Daniel O'Connell (the Emancipator) and supported by the Duke of Wellington, then Prime Minister.