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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 ...