On September 13, history records 58 notable events, 237 famous births and 98 deaths, spanning the years 379 to 1645.
Events on this day include: Yax Nuun Ahiin I is crowned as 15th Ajaw of Tikal (379); Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa. (533).
Notable people born on September 13 include K'inich Ahkal Mo' Nahb III (678), John II Komnenos (1087), Cesare Borgia (1475).
Notable figures who died on this day include Marcellinus of Carthage (413), Pietro Tradonico (864), Cormac mac Cuilennáin (908).
Events on 13 September 58
See all →Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.