August 13
August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining.
Eventsup to 999523 - John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope.
1000-14991099 - Paschal II elected Pope.1315 - Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou.1326 - Aradia de Toscano is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult, subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria later known as the Malandanti.1415 - Henry V of England lands at Chef-en-Caux, France with 8000 men.
1500-18991516 - Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain signed. In it, Francis recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.1521 - Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés1553 - Michael Servetus arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim - English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
1900-19991905 - Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden.1913 - Otto Witte, an acrobat, managed to get himself crowned King of Albania.1913 - invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.1918 - Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.1923 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed Polish seaport.1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain begins - The Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.1942 - Walt Disney's fifth animated feature, Bambi, premiers.1960 - The Central African Republic declares independence from France.1961 - The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.1987 - U.S. President Reagan assumes responsibility for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.1993 - Pope John Paul II visits the United States.1997 - The popular, controversial animated series South Park debuts on Comedy Central.
2000-20992004 - The 28th Summer Olympics opens in Athens, Greece (August 29).2004 - Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes the Fort Myers area in Florida.
BirthsUp to 999582 - Arnulf of Metz, patron saint of brewing (d. 640)900 - Zwentibold, king of Lotharingia (b. 870)
1000-13991311 - Alfonso XI of Castile, king of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)1313 - Aradia de Toscano, insurrectionist, teacher, witch, purported incarnation of the goddess Aradia
1400-18991422 - William Caxton, printer1625 - Rasmus Bartholin, physician, mathematician and physicist (d. 1698)1666 - William Wotton, Fellow of the Royal Society1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom1818 - Lucy Stone, pioneering women's rights activist1820 - Sir George Grove, author, Dictionary of Music and Musicians (d. 1900)1823 - Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist (d. 1910)1851 - Felix Adler, educator, founder of the Ethical Movement (d. 1933)1860 - Annie Oakley, sharpshooter (d. 1926)1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, industrialist (d. 1945)1888 - John Logie Baird, television pioneer (d. 1946)1895 - Bert Lahr, actor (d. 1967)1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, director (d. 1980)
1900-19991902 - Felix Wankel, engineer and inventor (d. 1988)1904 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, actor (d. 1999)1907 - Sir Basil Spence, architect (d. 1976)1912 - Salvador Luria, biologist; Nobel Prize, 1969 (d. 1991)1912 - Ben Hogan, golf champion (d. 1997)1913 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)1919 - George Shearing, musician1920 - Neville Brand, actor (d. 1992)1927 - Fidel Castro, revolutionary and politician1930 - Don Ho, musician1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders, United States Surgeon General1935 - Jim (Mudcat) Grant, baseball player1948 - Kathleen Battle, soprano1949 - Bobby Clarke, ice hockey star1951 - Dan Fogelberg, singer1952 - Herb Ritts, celebrity photographer (d. 2004)1959 - Danny Bonaduce, actor1967 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer1969 - Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater1970 - Alan Shearer, England and Newcastle soccer player1975 - Joe Perry, English snooker player
Deaths900-1899900 - Zwentibold, last King of Lotharingia1667 - Jeremy Taylor - author and bishop of Down and Connor1686 - Louis Maimbourg, historian1863 - Eugène Delacroix, painter
1900-19991910 - Florence Nightingale, nursing pioneer1912 - Jules Massenet, composer (b. 1842)1946 - H. G. Wells, writer (b. 1866).1958 - Otto Witte, acrobat and King of Albania (b. 1868).1964 - Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen, murderers. The last people to be executed in Great Britain.1965 - Ikeda Hayato, thrice Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)1984 - Tigran Petrosian, World chess champion (b. 1929). 1989 - Tim Richmond, NASCAR race car driver (b. 1955)1995 - Mickey Mantle, Baseball Hall of Fame member (b. 1931) 1995 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech emigre writer (b. 1926)1996 - David Tudor, pianist and composer (b. 1926).
2000-20992003 - Ed Townsend, songwriter and producer 2004 - Julia Child, American chef, TV personality (b. 1912)
Holidays and observancesRoman Empire - Vertumnalias in honor of VertumnusInternational Left-Handers Day
External links BBC: On This Day
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