On this day: July 13

Events on July 13

• 1249 Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots. Wikipedia
• 1260 Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe. Wikipedia
• 1586 Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repelled a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys at the Battle of Pantelleria. Wikipedia
• 1643 English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire. Wikipedia
• 1794 The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria began. Wikipedia
• 1814 The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established. Wikipedia
• 1831 Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic, which engendered a period of reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society. Wikipedia
• 1855 Firefighters in Toronto, Canada, destroyed the infrastructure of a visiting circus; police refusal to identify rioters caused widespread protest and a complete redesign of the city's police service. 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
• 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
• 1913 While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths. Wikipedia
• 1930 The first FIFA World Cup was opened in Uruguay. 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
• 1962 In an unprecedented reshuffle, British prime minister Harold Macmillan dismissed seven members of his cabinet. Wikipedia
• 1973 Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system in the Oval Office. Wikipedia
• 1977 Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War. Wikipedia
• 1985 The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney. Wikipedia
• 1992 Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland. Wikipedia
• 1995 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite. Wikipedia
• 2003 French Directorate General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC guerrillas, resulting in a political scandal. Wikipedia
• 2013 Typhoon Soulik made landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people. Wikipedia
• 2014 Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against Argentina, with Mario Götze scoring the game's only goal in the extra time. 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 was recovered from Lake Piru, confirming her death. 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
• 1841 Otto Wagner, Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Postal Savings Bank and Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (died 1918) Wikipedia
• 1894 Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (died 1940) Wikipedia
• 1918 Alberto Ascari, Italian racing driver (died 1955) 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
• 1941 Robert Forster, American actor and producer (died 2019) Wikipedia
• 1942 Harrison Ford, American actor and producer Wikipedia
• 1944 Ernő Rubik, Hungarian game designer, architect, and educator, invented the Rubik's Cube Wikipedia
• 1946 Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian 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
• 1969 Ken Jeong, American actor, comedian, and physician 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
• 939 Leo VII, pope of the Catholic Church Wikipedia
• 1024 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 973) Wikipedia
• 1793 Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, scientist and theorist (born 1743) Wikipedia
• 1896 August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (born 1829) 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
• 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
• 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
• 2026 Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (born 1947) 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

Sources

• Wikipedia — “July 13” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/July 13” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

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 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for July 13 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.