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February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 321 days remain until the end of the year (322 in leap years).
Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 962 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognising John as ruler of Rome.[1]
- 1258 – Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire, orders his army to sack and plunder the city of Baghdad, which they had just captured.[2]
- 1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.[3]
- 1352 – War of the Straits: The Battle of the Bosporus is fought in a stormy sea into the night between the Genoese, Venetian, Aragonese, and Byzantine fleets.[4]
- 1462 – The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.[5]
- 1503 – Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.[6]
- 1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.[7]
1601–1900
[edit]- 1633 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.[8]
- 1642 – The Clergy Act becomes law, excluding bishops of the Church of England from serving in the House of Lords.[9]
- 1660 – With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War.[10]
- 1689 – William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England.[11]
- 1692 – Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.[12]
- 1726 – Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile brings an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.[13]
- 1755 – Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into two: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
- 1820 – The Assassination of the Duke of Berry takes place in Paris. The Duke of Berry, nephew of Louis XVIII, is stabbed to death while attending the Paris Opera.[14]
- 1849 – The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.
- 1861 – Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- 1867 – Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
- 1880 – Thomas Edison observes thermionic emission.
1901–present
[edit]- 1913 – The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiates a period of almost four decades of independence.
- 1914 – Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
- 1920 – The Negro National League is formed.
- 1931 – The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
- 1935 – A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
- 1945 – World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
- 1945 – World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
- 1951 – Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
- 1954 – Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
- 1955 – Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
- 1955 – Twenty-nine people are killed when Sabena Flight 503 crashes into