13 February - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, February 13 is the day number 44 in a given year. February 13 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
February 13 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1542 | Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, was executed for adultery. |
| 1542 | Queen Catherine of England was given the death penalty. |
| 1575 | King Henry III of France was crowned at Reims. |
| 1660 | The five-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden. |
| 1689 | Glorious Revolution-Mary Stuart and her husband William III of Orange were proclaimed co-rulers of England and Ireland. |
| 1689 | The manifesto, named Bill of Rights, was read out at the ceremony of the crowning of King William Trinity and Queen Mary II of Britain. With this Britain's governance system changed to conditional monarchy. |
| 1706 | Battle over Frostd: Swedish army defeated Russia. |
| 1713 | The Mughal ruler Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. |
| 1739 | During his invasion of the Mughal Empire, the forces of Nader, Shah of Persia, defeated the Mughal army at Karnal within three hours, despite being outnumbered six-to-one. |
| 1741 | Andrew Bedford published his first American magazine. |
| 1755 | The kingdom of Mataram on Java was divided into two parts, the Sultanate of Yogakarta and the Sunnets of Surakarta. |
| 1766 | John Mills was elected a fellow of the Royal Society with Benjamin Franklin as his sponsor. |
| 1786 | Abraham Baldwin was elected president of the University of Georgia. |
| 1795 | The first state university in the US opened in North Carolina. |
| 1799 | The first American insurance law was passed by the Massachusetts legislature. |
| 1812 | The first Chilean newspaper Aurora de Chile stood to deal with political philosophy and in favor of the new national government. |
| 1815 | The Cambridge Union Society, one of the oldest debating societies in the world, was founded at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. |
| 1867 | Work began on the covering of the Scene, burying the polluted main waterway in Brussels to allow urban renewal in the centre of the city. |
| 1879 | One of the important national leaders of India, Sarojini Naidu was born. |
| 1880 | American inventor Thomas Edison observed the Edison effect, which later formed the basis of vacuum tube diodes designed by English electrical engineer John Ambrose Fleming. |
| 1883 | German musician Richard Wagner died at the age of 70. |
| 1883 | German composer Richard Wagner Venice died of a heart attack in Italy. |
| 1891 | Anti-tobacco campaign started in Iran. |
| 1917 | Mata Hari was arrested in Paris for spying. |
| 1931 | New Delhi was inaugurated as the new capital of British India by Viceroy Lord Irwin. |
| 1945 | World War II-The Allies began their strategic bombing ofDresden, Saxony, Germany, resulting in a lethal firestorm which killedtens of thousands of civilians. |
| 1945 | The Soviet Union captured the Hungarian capital Budapest after a 49-day war with Germany in which one lakh 59 thousand people died. |
| 1960 | African American college students staged the first of theNashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, partof a nonviolent direct action campaign to end racial segregation. |
| 1961 | American geode prospectors discovered what they claimed was a500,000-year-old rock with a spark plug encased inside it. |
| 1970 | The English rock band Black Sabbath released their eponymousdebut album, which is recognised as the first major album to be creditedwith the development of the heavy metal genre. |
| 1973 | The United States dollar rate was reduced by 10%. |
| 1974 | The disgruntled Nobel laureate Alexander Solgenitsyn was expelled from the Soviet Union. |
| 1976 | Nigeria's General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated in a military coup. |
| 1978 | A bomb exploded outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, the site of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, killing three people and injuring eleven others. |
| 1980 | The Winter Olympics were played in Lake Placid New York. |
| 1981 | Sewer explosion caused by the ignition of hexane vapor destroyed more than two miles (3 km) of streets in Louisville,Kentucky, US. |
| 1983 | 64 people died in a fire in a cinema house in Turin, Italy. |
| 1991 | Gulf War: The United States Air Force dropped two laser-guided 'smart bombs' on an air-raid shelter in Baghdad, Iraq, which was believed to be a military command site, killing at least 408 civilians. |
| 1991 | The US bombed Iraq, killing 334 people. |
| 1997 | The Hubble Telescope was captured by Discovery. |
| 1998 | Howard Stern announces that he make the film “Private Parts”. |
| 2000 | The US Female Figure skating championships as well as the US Male Figure skating championship was held in 2000. |
| 2001 | A 6.6 magnitude earthquake in the Central American country of El Salvador killed at least 400 people. |
| 2008 | The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd issue a formal apology for the Aboriginal people of Australia. |
| 2008 | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apology to Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations. |
| 2010 | Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a tracing run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics before the opening ceremonies. |
| 2010 | A terrorist bombing at a bakery popular among foreigners in Pune, India, killed 17 people and injured 60 more. |
| 2011 | Opposite leaders in Iran plans a nationwide anti-government rally in an attempt to replicate the success of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. |
| 2011 | Lady Antebellum won the Song of the Year and Record of the Year award for the song “Need You Now”, at the 53rd Grammy Awards. |
| 2012 | Moody’s Investors Service peru s a negative outlook for the credit ratings for Austria, France and United Kingdom. |
| 2013 | US Treasury Secretary nominee, called Jack Lew begins his confirmation on hearing by testifying before the US Senate’s financial committee. |
| 2014 | Venezuelan President, Nicolas Madura arrested more anti-government protestors holding about 19 people suspected of attempting to undermine him. |
| 2014 | An explosion in an illegal gambling house in the city of Cali, China, killed 14 people and injured 17 people. |
Famous Birthdays of February 13:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1965 | Peter O'Neill / Politician / Papua New Guinea |
| 1993 | Adam Clydsdale / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1892 | Robert H. Jackson / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1888 | Georgios Papandreou / Economist / Greece |
| 1683 | Giovanni Battista Piazzetta / Painter / Italy |
| 1962 | Baby Doll / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1879 | Sarojini Naidu / Politician / India |
| 1855 | Paul Deschanel / Politician / France |
| 1879 | Sarojini Naidu / Poet / India |
| 1891 | Kate Roberts / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1805 | Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet / Academic / Germany |
| 1961 | Marc Crawford / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1983 | Anna Watkins / Rower / United Kingdom |
| 1961 | Henry Rollins / Writer / United States of America |
| 1926 | Fay Ajzenberg-Selove / Physicist / United States of America |
| 1952 | Ed Gagliardi / Bass Player / United States of America |
| 1922 | Gordon Tullock / Academic / United States of America |
| 1938 | Oliver Reed / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1979 | Mena Suvari / Actress / United States of America |
| 1989 | Rodrigo Possebon / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1971 | Mats Sundin / Ice Hockey Player / Sweden |
| 1919 | Eddie Robinson / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1944 | Stockard Channing / Actress / United States of America |
| 1933 | Emanuel Ungaro / Fashion Designer / France |
| 1919 | Tennessee Ernie Ford / Actor / United States of America |
| 1867 | Harold Mahony / Tennis Player / Scotland |
| 1950 | Vera Baird / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1728 | John Hunter / Surgeon / Scotland |
| 1902 | Harold Lasswell / Scientist / United States of America |
| 1933 | Paul Biya / Politician / Cameroon |
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