Events on 13 February 47
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Guo Wei, a court official, leads a militay coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
Year 962
Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
Year 1462
The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.
Year 1503
Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
Year 1542
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
Year 1575
Henry III of France is crowned at Reims and marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont on the same day.
Year 1660
With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government begins to seek peace with Sweden's enemies in the Second Northern War, something that Charles had refused. As his son and successor on the throne, Charles XI, is only four years old, a regency rules Sweden until 1672.
Birthdays on 13 February 176
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Deaths on 13 February 99
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