What are the important events that happened on July 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 13 is the 194th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 30, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 486,768 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontatetragon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 219 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,587 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 13 Historical Events
- 1174 –William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
- 1787 –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.
- 1794 –The Battle of the Vosges is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria.
- 1830 –The General Assembly’s Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.
- 1863 –New York 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.
- 1919 –The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
- 1941 –World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak), the first in Axis-controlled countries.
- 1990 –An earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak).
- 2008 –War in Afghanistan: Taliban guerrillas attack NATO troops near the village of Wanat in the Waygal district in Afghanistan’s far eastern province of Nuristan.
- 2011 –Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
Who were born on July 13?
- 1608 –Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
- 1841 –Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 1918)
- 1858 –Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (d. 1929)
- 1898 –Julius Schreck, German Nazi party official (d. 1936)
- 1940 –Patrick Stewart, English actor
- 1950 –George Nelson, American astronaut
- 1961 –Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
- 1982 –Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
- 1982 –Dominic Isaacs, South African footballer
- 1982 –Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
Who died on July 13?
- 1357 –Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
- 1402 –Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377)
- 1683 –Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
- 1789 –Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (b. 1715)
- 1807 –Henry Benedict Stuart, Italy-born Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
- 1889 –Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
- 1980 –Seretse Khama, Botswana statesman, the first President of Botswana (b. 1921)
- 2002 –Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born Armenian photographer (b. 1908)
- 2007 –Michael Reardon, American free climber (b. 1965)
- 2010 –Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman’s band (b. 1931)
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