On this day: 13 September
Events, births and deaths on 13 September. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
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- Deaths · Jonathan Riley-Smith
100 years ago1926
- Births · Emile Francis
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- 1087 · Births · John II Komnenos
Events · 24
- 533(Julian date)Battle of Ad Decimum — 533 battle between Byzantine Empire and Vandal Kingdom during Vandalic War
- 1437(Julian date)Battle of Tangier — battle in 1437
- 1567Siege of Inabayama Castle — 1567 Part of Oda Nobunaga's campaign to defeat the Saitō clan
- 1645Battle of Philiphaugh — battle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- 1759Battle of the Plains of Abraham — 1759 battle between British and French near Quebec City, Canada
- 1808Battle of Jutas — 1808 battle of the Finnish War
- 1882Battle of Tel el-Kebir — 1882 battle
- 1900Battle of Pulang Lupa — battle during the Philippine–American War in Marinduque
- 1922Burning of Smyrna — fire (13–22 Sept. 1922) that destroyed much of Smyrna/İzmir, soon after Turkey recaptured the city (9 Sept.) from Greece
- 1944Battle of Meligalas — 1944 battle between ELAS and Security Battalions
- 1948Operation Polo — 1948 military operation by the Indian Dominion to merge Hyderabad with India
- 19591st National Games of the People's Republic of China — sports event in 1959
- 1964September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt — 1964 coup attempt against the ruling military junta
- 1971September 13 incident — crash of a Hawker Siddeley Trident
- 1979Venda — former bantustan in South Africa
- 1982Spantax Flight 995 — Spantax 995 flight that crashed during the takeoff at Malaga's Airport
- 19861986 Kalamata earthquake — earthquake in Greece
- 1987Goiânia accident — radioactive contamination accident in Brazil
- 1993Oslo Accords — agreements in the Israeli–Palestinian peace process
- 19971997 Namibia mid-air collision — collision between USAF C-141B and German Air Force Tu-154M
- 2005Corrupted Blood incident — virtual pandemic in World of Warcraft, which began on 13 Sept. 2005 and lasted for a month
- 200813 September 2008 Delhi bombings — 5 synchronised bomb blasts on 13 Sept. 2008 in Delhi, India, killing at least 20 people
- 20132013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat — Attack conducted by Taliban in Afghanistan
- 20212021 Norwegian parliamentary election — parliamentary election held in Norway on 13 September 2021
Births · 60
- 786(Julian date)al-Maʾmun — Abbasid caliph (786–833, r. 813–833)
- 1087(Julian date)John II Komnenos — Byzantine Emperor from 1118 to 1144
- 1475(Julian date)Cesare Borgia — Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal
- 1660Daniel Defoe — English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
- 1694Yeongjo of Joseon — 21st King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history
- 1819Clara Schumann — German musician and composer (1819–1896)
- 1830Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach — Austrian writer (1830–1916)
- 1860John J. Pershing — United States Army general in World War I
- 1863Arthur Henderson — British politician (1863-1935)
- 1872Kijūrō Shidehara — Japanese politician (1872-1951)
- 1873Konstantinos Carathéodory — Greek mathematician (1873-1950)
- 1874Arnold Schoenberg — Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)
- 1876Sherwood Anderson — American writer (1876–1941)
- 1877Wilhelm Filchner — German explorer (1877-1957)
- 1886Robert Robinson — English chemist (1886-1975)
- 1887Leopold Ružička — Croatian scientist (1887-1976)
- 1892Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia — daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1892–1980)
- 1894Julian Tuwim — Polish poet (1894–1953)
- 1894J. B. Priestley — English writer (1894–1984)
- 1903Claudette Colbert — American actress (1903–1996)
- 1904Gladys George — American actress (1904–1954)
- 1911Bill Monroe — American bluegrass musician, songwriter (1911-1996)
- 1916Roald Dahl — British writer and poet (1916–1990)
- 1924Maurice Jarre — French composer and conductor (1924-2009)
- 1928Robert Indiana — American artist (1928–2018)
Deaths · 60
- 81(Julian date)Titus — tenth Roman Emperor (79–81)
- 531Kavad I — Sasanian King of Kings (488–531)
- 864Pietro Tradonico — doge of Venice
- 1171(Julian date)Al-Adid — Ismaili imam and last Fatimid caliph from 1160 to 1171
- 1409(Julian date)Isabella of Valois — Queen consort of England
- 1488(Julian date)Charles II, Duke of Bourbon — Catholic cardinal and Duke of Burbon
- 1506(Julian date)Andrea Mantegna — Italian Renaissance painter (1431-1506)
- 1557(Julian date)John Cheke — 16th-century English classical scholar and statesman
- 1592Michel de Montaigne — French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
- 1598Philip II of Spain — King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
- 1612Karin Månsdotter — Swedish queen consort (1550-1612)
- 1632Leopold V, Archduke of Austria — Archduke of Austria-Tirol, Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg until 1625 (1586-1632)
- 1759James Wolfe — British Army officer (1727–1759)
- 1806Charles James Fox — British Whig statesman (1749–1806)
- 1808Saverio Bettinelli — Italian Jesuit writer (1718-1808)
- 1847Nicolas Oudinot — Marshal of France (1767-1847)
- 1871İbrahim Şinasi — Ottoman journalist (1826-1871)
- 1872Ludwig Feuerbach — German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872)
- 1881Ambrose Burnside — American general and politician (1824–1881)
- 1885Friedrich Kiel — German composer and music teacher (1821–1885)
- 1894Emmanuel Chabrier — French Romantic composer and pianist
- 1905René Goblet — French politician (1828-1905)
- 1912Nogi Maresuke — Japanese general (1849-1912)
- 1913Aurel Vlaicu — Romanian aviation pioneer (1882–1913)
- 1928Italo Svevo — Italian writer (1861-1928)
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