On February 13, history records 47 notable events, 176 famous births and 99 deaths, spanning the years 951 to 1689.
Events on this day include: Guo Wei, a court official, leads a militay coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou. (951); Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome. (962).
Notable people born on February 13 include Hartmann Schedel (1440), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Elia Levita (1469).
Notable figures who died on this day include Chilperic II (721), Kenneth MacAlpin (858), Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (921).
Events on 13 February 47
See all →Guo Wei, a court official, leads a militay coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.
Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
Henry III of France is crowned at Reims and marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont on the same day.
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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