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August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
- 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
- 1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
- 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
- 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
- 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrian forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
- 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
- 1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
- 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
- 1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
- 1889 – German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.
- 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
- 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
- 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
- 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
- 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
- 1937 – The Battle of Shanghai begins.
- 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
- 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
- 1961 – The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
- 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
- 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
- 1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
- 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
- 2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
- 2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for the most gold medals (8 in Beijing and 6 in Athens) won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.
Births
- 582 – Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
- 1311 – King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
- 1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
- 1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician and physicist (d. 1698)
- 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
- 1666 – William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
- 1700 – Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
- 1717 – Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
- 1752 – Maria Carolina of Austria, Austrian-born queen consort of Naples and of the Two Sicilies, wife of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
- 1764 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
- 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
- 1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, German-born queen consort of the United Kingdom, wife of King William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
- 1803 – Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
- 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
- 1818 – Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893)
- 1819 – George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)
- 1820 – Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
- 1823 – Goldwin Smith, English-born Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
- 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
- 1851 – Felix Adler, German-born American educator (d. 1933)
- 1860 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
- 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist, founder of Fiat (d. 1945)
- 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1942)
- 1879 – John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
- 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer (d. 1957)
- 1887 – Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
- 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
- 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1889 – Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
- 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (d. 1962)
- 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
- 1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
- 1904 – Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1907 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
- 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1911 – William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founder of Dyle, Dane, and Bernbach (now DDB) (d. 1982)
- 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
- 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-born American microbiologist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
- 1913 – Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
- 1914 – Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
- 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
- 1918 – Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Laureate
- 1919 – Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Sir George Shearing, British jazz pianist
- 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
- 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor
- 1930 – Don Ho, American vocalist and pianist (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1935 – Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
- 1935 – Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)
- 1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
- 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
- 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
- 1943 – Michael Willetts, English George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
- 1944 – Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
- 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor
- 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
- 1945 – Robin Jackman, England cricketer
- 1947 – Fred Stanley, American baseball player
- 1947 – John Stocker, Canadian voice actor
- 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
- 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano
- 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1949 – Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
- 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American professional wrestler
- 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
- 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002)
- 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist (Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
- 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
- 1955 – Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
- 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
- 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English film director
- 1958 – David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer
- 1958 – Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish vocalist (The Undertones)
- 1958 – Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
- 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor
- 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
- 1959 – Bruce French, England cricketer
- 1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player
- 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
- 1961 – Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
- 1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress
- 1961 – Neil Mallender, England cricketer
- 1961 – Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
- 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist
- 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer
- 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer
- 1962 – John Slattery, American actor
- 1963 – Sridevi, Indian actress
- 1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player
- 1964 – Hank Cheyne, American actor
- 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
- 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player
- 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
- 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 – Sean Hood, American screenwriter
- 1967 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
- 1967 – Quinn Cummings, American actress
- 1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
- 1970 – Will Clarke, American novelist
- 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player
- 1970 – Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
- 1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer
- 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
- 1971 – Patrick Carpentier, Quebec racing driver
- 1971 – Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born American actor
- 1972 – Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
- 1972 – John Safran, Australian television presenter
- 1973 – Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
- 1973 – Molly Henneberg, American journalist
- 1973 – Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
- 1974 – Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
- 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
- 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
- 1975 – James Carpinello, American actor
- 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
- 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
- 1977 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
- 1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
- 1979 – Corey Patterson, American baseball player
- 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
- 1980 – Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
- 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
- 1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born American actor
- 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
- 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
- 1985 – Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
- 1985 – Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
- 2000 – Piper Reese, American child reporter
Deaths
- 586 – Radegund, Frankish princess consort of King Chlothar I (b. c. 520)
- 900 – King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (b. 870)
- 1134 – Irene of Hungary, consort of Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos (b. 1088)
- 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile, consort of King John I of Castile (b. 1358)
- 1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. c. 1460)
- 1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
- 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish prose writer and bishop (b. 1613)
- 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, French historian (b. 1610)
- 1721 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
- 1744 – John Cruger, Dutch-born American politician and 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
- 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
- 1755 – Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
- 1826 – René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
- 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
- 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
- 1910 – Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
- 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
- 1917 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1860)
- 1937 – Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (birth year unknown)
- 1946 – H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
- 1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat and claimant to the Albanian throne (b. 1868)
- 1965 – Ikeda Hayato, Japanese politician (b. 1899)
- 1982 – Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
- 1984 – Tigran Petrosian, Soviet-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
- 1986 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
- 1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
- 1989 – Larkin Smith, American politician (b. 1944)
- 1991 – Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. 1926)
- 1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b. 1926)
- 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (b. 1963)
- 1995 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1995 – Rob Slater, American mountaineer (b. 1960)
- 1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910)
- 1996 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- 1998 – Nino Ferrer, Italian-born French singer and composer (b. 1934)
- 1998 – Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
- 1998 – Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946)
- 1999 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960)
- 2000 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
- 2001 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
- 2003 – Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- 2004 – Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
- 2005 – David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
- 2006 – Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish vocalist (b. 1975)
- 2006 – Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1957)
- 2007 – Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
- 2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
- 2007 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
- 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
- 2008 – Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959)
- 2008 – Dino Toso, American Formula 1 engineer (b. 1969)
- 2008 – Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901)
- 2008 – Sandy Allen, American tallest woman in the world (b. 1955)
- 2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
- 2010 – Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (b. 1981)
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