On May 13, history records 56 notable events, 277 famous births and 89 deaths, spanning the years 1373 to 1846.
Events on this day include: Julian of Norwich has visions which are later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love. (1373); Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, are officially married at Greenwich. (1515).
Notable people born on May 13 include Hugh of Cluny (1024), Theobald III, Count of Champagne (1179), Alexander Nevsky (1221).
Notable figures who died on this day include Emperor Ling of Han (189), John the Silent (558), Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola (1112).
Events on 13 May 56
See all →Julian of Norwich has visions which are later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, are officially married at Greenwich.
Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
Birthdays on 13 May 277
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Deaths on 13 May 89
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