SomeFacts | July 13

On this day - July 13

1174 — William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, ...

1249 — Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

1260 — The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th ...

1402 — Nanjing surrenders to Zhu Di without a fight, ending the ...

1558 — Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count ...

1573 — Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven ...

1586 — Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant ...

1643 — English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry ...

1690 — Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion ...

1787 — The Congress of the Confederation enacts the Northwest ...

1794 — The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of ...

1814 — The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is ...

1830 — The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish ...

1831 — Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law is ...

1849 — The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion began in Charleston, ...

1854 — In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez ...

1863 — American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three ...

1878 — Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the ...

1913 — The 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak during the Second ...

1919 — The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing ...

1930 — The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.

1941 — World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak ...

1951 — Vuoristorata, one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller ...

1956 — The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial ...

1962 — In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold ...

1973 — Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence ...

1977 — Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City ...

1977 — Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.

1985 — Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President ...

1985 — The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and ...

1990 — Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan ...

1995 — Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the ...

2003 — French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid ...

2008 — Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas ...

2011 — Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife, ...

2011 — United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, ...

2011 — Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush ...

2013 — Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more ...

2014 — Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the ...

2016 — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, ...

2020 — After a five-day search, the body of American actress and ...

2024 — Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured ...