Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
55051May.13Death2014 – David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (b. 1926)
55052May.13Death2014 – Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (b. 1977)
55053May.13Death2014 – J. F. Coleman, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
55054May.13Death2014 – Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
55055May.13Death2014 – Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (b. 1948)
55056May.13Death2015 – Earl Averill, Jr., American baseball player (b. 1931)
55057May.13Death2015 – Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1927)
55058May.13Death2015 – Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (b. 1928)
55059May.13Death2015 – David Sackett, American-Canadian physician and academic (b. 1934)
55060May.13Death2015 – Gainan Saidkhuzhin, Russian cyclist (b. 1937)
55061May.13Holiday and observanceAbbotsbury Garland Day (Dorset, England)
55062May.13Holiday and observanceChristian feast day:Our Lady of FátimaGerard of VillamagnaGlyceriaJohn the Silent (Roman Catholic)Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic)Frances Perkins (Episcopal Church (USA)ServatiusMay 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
55063May.13Holiday and observanceOne of the three feast days of the Lemuralia, observed in ancient Rome
55064May.13Holiday and observanceRotuma Day (Rotuma)
55065May.14Event1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
55066May.14Event1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
55067May.14Event1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
55068May.14Event1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
55069May.14Event1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
55070May.14Event1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
55071May.14Event1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
55072May.14Event1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States George Washington presides.
55073May.14Event1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
55074May.14Event1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
55075May.14Event1811 – Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
55076May.14Event1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
55077May.14Event1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
55078May.14Event1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
55079May.14Event1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
55080May.14Event1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.

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