Events on 13 March 39
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Battle of Badr: a key battle between Muhammad's army - the new followers of Islam and the Quraysh of Mecca. The Muslims won this battle, known as the turning point of Islam, which took place in the Hejaz region of western Arabia.
Year 874
The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople.
Year 1138
Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
Year 1567
The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War, commences.
Year 1591
Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
Year 1697
Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
Year 1845
Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
Birthdays on 13 March 166
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Deaths on 13 March 90
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