July 13

Events

 * - is defeated in  by the Saracens,  and  killed in battle.
 * -, a key in the , is captured at  by forces loyal to  of.
 * - : In, forces led by Count  defeat the French forces of Marshal  at.
 * - : The ends after seven months.
 * - : - In, Lord , commanding the  forces, wins a crushing victory over the  Sir.
 * -, under the command of Captain , sets sail from ,.
 * - The enacts the  establishing governing rules for the . It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of.
 * - between  forces and those of  and
 * - : defeat  forces at.
 * -, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the is founded by  and.
 * - The source of the is discovered, by.
 * - Queen moves into the first  in  and is the first  monarch to live there.
 * - In the, , General stops the French invasion led by Count.
 * - : In, opponents of begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in.
 * - : The European powers redraw the map of the ., and  become completely independent of the.
 * - : In, is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling.
 * - Women compete in modern for the first time.
 * - discovered near.
 * - Leader of the Indian freedom movement and scholar, brought out his noted  news journal, al-Hilal.
 * - 's mass murder action in ,
 * - The British  lands in, , completing the first airship return journey across the  in 182 hours of flight.
 * - The is officially dedicated in the hills above, . It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in.
 * - A heat wave strikes the ern . The all-time highest temperatures for the s of, , and are all recorded on this date.
 * - : start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).
 * - : s sink three more merchant ships in.
 * - The and es reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous ate.
 * - reveals the existence of the  to the special Senate committee investigating the.
 * - The lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
 * - President  is fired by chairman, ending a long dispute between the men.
 * - The  takes place in  and, as well as other venues such as  and.
 * 1985  - Vice President  became the Acting President for the day when President  underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
 * - A lightning strike sets off the in  and northern, which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²) when finally contained on.
 * - Three trains collide in the in Ghotki,, killing over 150 people.

Births

 * -, Roman military and political leader (d. ) (born either or July 13)
 * -, Roman Governor of Britain (d. )
 * -, English scientist (d. )
 * -, English physician (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Czech-born artist (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, British naval officer (d. )
 * -, Russian general (d. )
 * -, queen of Bavaria (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, Tsarina of Russia (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (not the current one) (d. )
 * -, Austrian architect (d. )
 * -, American ethnographer (d. )
 * -, British socialist (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, Queen of Sweden (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian writer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Israeli painter (d. )
 * -, member of the Nazi party (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, English stage and film actor (d. )
 * -, American television host (d. )
 * -, Italian race car driver (d. )
 * -, English footballer (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * 1921  -, Austrian poltitician (d. )
 * 1921  -, Swedish actress and singer (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, Italian singer
 * 1924  -, French film actor (d. )
 * -, French politician
 * -, American jazz bassist
 * 1928  -, American actor (d. )
 * 1928  -, Sicilian  and  (d. )
 * -, English musician (d. )
 * 1929  -, Soviet gymnast
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Canadian astrophysicist
 * -, Nigerian writer,
 * 1934  -, Soviet cosmonaut
 * -, American football player and politician
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, English actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1941  -, French actor and filmmaker
 * -, American actor
 * 1942  -, American musician
 * -, Hungarian inventor
 * -, American actor
 * -, French director and screenwriter
 * -, American astronaut
 * 1950  -, former , former chairman of the (KMT)
 * 1951  -, American politician
 * -, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
 * -, Turkish singer
 * 1954  -, American musician
 * 1954  -, American ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian midget wrestler
 * 1956  -, American former boxer
 * -, father of
 * 1957  -, American film director
 * 1957  -, Belgian racing driver
 * -, English field hockey player
 * -, English writer, editor of 
 * -, Australian rules footballer
 * 1961  -, Greek footballer and manager
 * -, American singer
 * 1962  -, American voice actor
 * -, English snooker player
 * 1963  -  , American basketball player
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Italian disc jockey
 * 1967  -, American voice actress
 * 1967  -, American Conservative blogger
 * -, American actor
 * -, Moldovan politician and political scientist
 * 1969  -, British vocalist
 * 1969  -, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
 * -, English snooker player
 * -, American wrestler
 * -, Argentine footballer
 * -, Italian race car driver
 * 1974  -, Canadian R&B singer
 * -, American model, sports caster, and contestant
 * -, American model and actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Welsh footballer
 * -, Dutch keyboard player
 * 1982  -, English footballer
 * 1982  -, American professional wrestler (d. )
 * 1982  -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * -, Chinese hurdling athlete
 * -, Mexican footballer
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor

Deaths

 * -, daughter of (b. )
 * -, and Justicier of England
 * - Italian jurist (b. )
 * -, German architect (b. )
 * - of China (b. )
 * -, English soldier and diplomat (b. )
 * -, Governor of the Low Countries (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, English adventurer (b. )
 * -, Swedish physician and theologian (b. )
 * - Tsar (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. )
 * -, English Protestant conspirator (b. )
 * -, British general
 * -, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the (b. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (b. )
 * -, English (b. )
 * -, French economist (b. )
 * -, French revolutionary (b. )
 * -, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. )
 * -, American Gunfighter (b. )
 * -, Austrian poet (b. )
 * -, German chemist (b. )
 * -, Luxembourg scientist (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American photographer (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, Mexican painter (b. )
 * -, last woman to get the death sentence in Britain (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (b. )
 * -, British cyclist (b. )
 * -, German film actor (b. )
 * -, laureate (b. )
 * -, German military leader (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, Canadian author (b. )
 * -, American race car driver (b. )
 * -, Danish toy manufacturer (b. )
 * -, American film producer (b. )
 * -, Spanish politician (b. )
 * -, Turkish-born photographer (b. )
 * -, Cuban musician (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * 2004  -, Austrian conductor (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * -, 2nd day (not a holiday)
 * -, 3rd day
 * - Feast of Kálimát (Words) - First day of the seventh month of the
 * - Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)

Liturgical observances

 * , Christian saint and martyr
 * in the
 * , pope, martyr [southern France, Franciscans]
 * ,, and companions, confessors (died 505)
 * ,, confessor [common] (died 1024)
 * , apostle northern
 * ,, confessor (Ordination)
 * , virgin, martyr common