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History Events on July 13

By  John Wright  13 Jul   456 Views

History Events on July 13

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The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.

#Continental_Congress

In 1787

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

#Coronation

In 1249

Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.

#Battle_of_Gravelines_(1558)

In 1558

The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.

#Carabinieri

In 1814

Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.

#Battle_of_Wanat

In 2008

The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.

#Scottish_Church_College

In 1830

New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.

#New_York_City_draft_riots

In 1863

The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

#Livonian_Order

In 1260

Babylon's siege of Jerusalem ends following the destruction of Solomon's Temple.

#Siege_of_Jerusalem_(587_BC)

In 587 BC

William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.

#William_the_Lion

In 1174

Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.

#Vice_President_of_the_United_States

In 1985

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.

#United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1999

In 2011

French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.

#Directorate-General_for_External_Security

In 2003

Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.

#Watergate_scandal

In 1973

In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.

#Harold_Macmillan

In 1962

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.

#Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom

In 2016

Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law is adopted in Wallachia, one of the two Danubian Principalities that were to become the basis of Romania.

#Regulamentul_Organic

In 1831

The Battle of Trippstadt is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria.

#Battle_of_Trippstadt

In 1794

World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).

#World_War_II

In 1941

English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.

#English_Civil_War

In 1643

Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan.

#Typhoon_Soulik_(2013)

In 2013

Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.

#Jean-Paul_Marat

In 1793

The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.

#Airship

In 1919

Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.

#Mumbai

In 2011

Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.

#Somalia

In 1977

Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.

#Eighty_Years'_War

In 1573

Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.

#Treaty_of_Berlin_(1878)

In 1878

The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.

In 1985

New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.

In 1977

The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.

In 1956

In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.

In 1854

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