On this day: September 13

Events on September 13

• 585 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. Wikipedia
• 509 BC According to Roman tradition, the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the most important temple in ancient Rome, was dedicated. Wikipedia
• 531 Khosrow I becomes king of the Sassanid Empire following the death of his father Kavad I. He starts negotiations with the Byzantine Empire to end the Iberian War. Wikipedia
• 533 Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa. Wikipedia
• 1229 Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia. Wikipedia
• 1500 Pedro Álvares Cabral and his Portuguese fleet arrive in Calicut, having crossed both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Wikipedia
• 1541 After three years of exile, French theologian John Calvin returned to Geneva to reform the church under a system of Christian theology later known as Calvinism. Wikipedia
• 1788 The Congress of the Confederation sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital. Wikipedia
• 1808 Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero. Wikipedia
• 1814 In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem. Wikipedia
• 1862 American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam. Wikipedia
• 1914 World War I: The French army repulsed a German assault against their positions on high ground near the city of Nancy. Wikipedia
• 1919 The Boston police strike ended after four days of rule by the state militia, the deaths of nine people, and accusations that striking officers were "agents of Lenin". Wikipedia
• 1942 World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces. Wikipedia
• 1953 Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
• 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne. Wikipedia
• 1968 Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. Wikipedia
• 1971 Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard. Wikipedia
• 1971 Following a failed coup attempt, Mao Zedong's second-in-command Lin Biao died in a plane crash while attempting to flee China. Wikipedia
• 1988 Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure). Wikipedia
• 1989 Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu. Wikipedia
• 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy. Wikipedia
• 1997 A German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33. Wikipedia
• 2001 Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks. Wikipedia
• 2008 Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries. Wikipedia
• 2013 Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured. Wikipedia

Born on September 13

• 64 Julia Flavia, Roman daughter of Titus (died AD 91) Wikipedia
• 1475 Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (died 1507) Wikipedia
• 1819 Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (died 1896) Wikipedia
• 1830 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (died 1916) Wikipedia
• 1860 John J. Pershing, American general and lawyer (died 1948) Wikipedia
• 1872 Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1951) Wikipedia
• 1874 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter (died 1951) Wikipedia
• 1876 Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (died 1941) Wikipedia
• 1886 Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975) Wikipedia
• 1887 Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976) Wikipedia
• 1903 Claudette Colbert, American actress (died 1996) Wikipedia
• 1916 Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (died 1990) Wikipedia
• 1924 Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (died 2009) Wikipedia
• 1939 Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (died 2014) Wikipedia
• 1940 Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia
• 1941 Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey Wikipedia
• 1944 Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer Wikipedia
• 1951 Salva Kiir, South Sudanese politician, 1st President of South Sudan Wikipedia
• 1957 Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines Wikipedia
• 1961 Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia
• 1973 Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1989 Thomas Müller, German footballer Wikipedia

Died on September 13

• 81 Titus, Roman emperor (born AD 39) Wikipedia
• 413 Marcellinus of Carthage, martyr and saint Wikipedia
• 531 Kavad I, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran (born 473) Wikipedia
• 864 Pietro Tradonico, doge of Venice Wikipedia
• 908 Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king of Munster (Ireland) Wikipedia
• 1506 Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter and engraver (born 1431) Wikipedia
• 1592 Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (born 1533) Wikipedia
• 1598 Philip II of Spain, King of Spain, Portugal, England and Ireland (born 1526) Wikipedia
• 1872 Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (born 1804) Wikipedia
• 1949 August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874) Wikipedia
• 1996 Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1971) Wikipedia
• 2002 George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (born 1907) Wikipedia
• 2012 Lehri, (Actual name:Safirullah Siddiqui), Pakistani comedian and an actor in the Urdu film industry of Pakistan (born 1929) Wikipedia
• 2022 Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic (born 1930) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Aimé (Amatus) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Amé (Amatus) of Remiremont Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: John Chrysostom Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Marcellinus of Carthage Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed María López de Rivas Martínez Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Maurilius (Maurille) of Angers Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Nectarius of Autun Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Venerius the Hermit Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Wulfthryth (Wilfrida) of Wilton Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Day of the Programmer, during a non-leap year. (Russia) Wikipedia
• Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico) Wikipedia
• Engineer's Day (Mauritius) Wikipedia
• Roald Dahl Day (Africa, United Kingdom, Latin America) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “September 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.