April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1813
Day of Week 27th » War of 1812: United States known as American troops capture the Capital (political) or capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
Famous Birthdays on April in 1813
18th » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (d. 1865)
23rd » Stephen A. Douglas, American politician (d. 1861)
23rd » Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)
Famous Deaths for April 1813
10th » Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
19th » Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (b. 1745)
27th » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
28th » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)