On January 13, history records 47 notable events, 193 famous births and 100 deaths, spanning the years 532 to 1833.
Events on this day include: Nika riots in Constantinople. (532); Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV. (1435).
Notable people born on January 13 include Lucius Aelius (101), Al-Hakam II (915), Henry II of Castile (1334).
Notable figures who died on this day include Saint Remigius (533), Saint Mungo (614), Empress Jitō (703).
Events on 13 January 47
See all →Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
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Birthdays on 13 January 193
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Deaths on 13 January 100
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