On this day: July 13

Events on July 13

• 1798 The French Armée d'Orient under Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a Mamluk army under Murad Bey in battle of Shubra Khit. Wikipedia
• 1830 The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. Wikipedia
• 1831 Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law, is adopted in Wallachia, one of the two Danubian Principalities that were to become the basis of Romania. Wikipedia
• 1863 Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War. Wikipedia
• 1863 American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history. Wikipedia
• 1878 Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
• 1914 Felix Ysagun Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) as Iglesia ni Kristo with the government of the Philippines. Wikipedia
• 1919 The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. Wikipedia
• 1930 The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay. Wikipedia
• 1941 World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak (Thirteenth of July Uprising), a popular revolt against the Axis powers. Wikipedia
• 1942 World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. Wikipedia
• 1943 World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, was launched. Wikipedia
• 1951 Vuoristorata, one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller coasters in Europe, is opened at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. Wikipedia
• 1956 The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence. Wikipedia
• 1977 Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War. Wikipedia
• 1977 Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. Wikipedia
• 1985 The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney. Wikipedia
• 1985 Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon. Wikipedia
• 2003 French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press. Wikipedia
• 2011 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations. Wikipedia
• 2011 Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. Wikipedia
• 2013 Typhoon Soulik made landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people. Wikipedia
• 2013 Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan. Wikipedia
• 2016 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May. Wikipedia
• 2020 After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned. Wikipedia
• 2024 Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia

Born on July 13

• 1527 John Dee, English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (died 1609) Wikipedia
• 1590 Pope Clement X (died 1676) Wikipedia
• 1608 Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1657) Wikipedia
• 1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (died 1877) Wikipedia
• 1841 Otto Wagner, Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (died 1918) Wikipedia
• 1851 Marie Andrieu, French anarchist, cartomancer and spiritualist (died 1911) Wikipedia
• 1894 Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (died 1940) Wikipedia
• 1918 Alberto Ascari, Italian racing driver (died 1955) Wikipedia
• 1923 Colonel James H. Harvey, US Army Air Force (later US Air Force) fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman. Wikipedia
• 1927 Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (died 2017) Wikipedia
• 1934 Wole Soyinka, Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia
• 1940 Patrick Stewart, English actor, director, and producer Wikipedia
• 1942 Harrison Ford, American actor and producer Wikipedia
• 1944 Ernő Rubik, Hungarian game designer, architect, and educator, invented the Rubik's Cube Wikipedia
• 1950 Ma Ying-jeou, Hong Kong-Taiwanese commander and politician, 12th President of the Republic of China Wikipedia
• 1962 Tom Kenny, American voice actor and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1974 Jarno Trulli, Italian racing driver Wikipedia
• 1979 Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer Wikipedia
• 1983 Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler Wikipedia
• 1985 Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer Wikipedia
• 1988 Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer Wikipedia
• 2007 Lamine Yamal, Spanish footballer Wikipedia

Died on July 13

• 574 John III, pope of the Catholic Church Wikipedia
• 982 Abu'l-Qasim, Kalbid emir of Sicily Wikipedia
• 1793 Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, scientist and theorist (born 1743) Wikipedia
• 1921 Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845) Wikipedia
• 1951 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (born 1874) Wikipedia
• 1954 Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) Wikipedia
• 1970 Leslie Groves, American general and engineer, head of the Manhattan Project (born 1896) Wikipedia
• 1974 Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897) Wikipedia
• 2014 Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923) Wikipedia
• 2017 Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955) Wikipedia
• 2020 Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (born 1960) Wikipedia
• 2024 Thomas Matthew Crooks, American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003) Wikipedia
• 2024 Richard Simmons, American fitness personality and public figure (born 1948) Wikipedia
• 2025 Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th & 15th President of Nigeria (born 1942) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Clelia Barbieri Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Conrad Weiser (Episcopal Church (USA)) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Eugenius of Carthage Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Jacobus de Voragine Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Mildrith of Thanet Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Our Lady Mystical Rose Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Silas (Catholic Church) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Teresa of Los Andes Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: July 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Statehood Day (Montenegro) Wikipedia
• Kashmir Martyrs' Day (Pakistan) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “July 13” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-09 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. We picked the 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths with the widest coverage across Wikipedia's language editions (counted from Wikidata) and sorted them by year; the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures.