| 79501 | July 13 | Event | 1863 – 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. |
| 79502 | July 13 | Event | 1878 – Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire. |
| 79503 | July 13 | Event | 1905 – The verdict in the six-month-long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes. |
| 79504 | July 13 | Event | 1919 – The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. |
| 79505 | July 13 | Event | 1923 – The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949. |
| 79506 | July 13 | Event | 1941 – World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak). |
| 79507 | July 13 | Event | 1962 – 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. |
| 79508 | July 13 | Event | 1973 – Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in. |
| 79509 | July 13 | Event | 1977 – Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War. |
| 79510 | July 13 | Event | 1977 – 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. |
| 79511 | July 13 | Event | 1985 – The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. |
| 79512 | July 13 | Event | 1985 – 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. |
| 79513 | July 13 | Event | 2003 – 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. |
| 79514 | July 13 | Event | 2008 – 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. |
| 79515 | July 13 | Event | 2011 – Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130. |
| 79516 | July 13 | Event | 2013 – George Zimmerman is found not guilty in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. |
| 79517 | July 13 | Event | 2013 – Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan. |
| 79518 | July 13 | Birth | 1527 – John Dee, English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1609) |
| 79519 | July 13 | Birth | 1579 – Arthur Dee, English physician and chemist (d. 1651) |
| 79520 | July 13 | Birth | 1590 – Pope Clement X (d. 1676) |
| 79521 | July 13 | Birth | 1607 – Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and illustrator (d. 1677) |
| 79522 | July 13 | Birth | 1608 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657) |
| 79523 | July 13 | Birth | 1745 – Robert Calder, Scottish-English admiral (d. 1818) |
| 79524 | July 13 | Birth | 1760 – István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1829) |
| 79525 | July 13 | Birth | 1770 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (d. 1837) |
| 79526 | July 13 | Birth | 1776 – Caroline of Baden (d. 1841) |
| 79527 | July 13 | Birth | 1793 – John Clare, English poet and author (d. 1864) |
| 79528 | July 13 | Birth | 1798 – Alexandra Feodorovna, German-Russian wife of Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1860) |
| 79529 | July 13 | Birth | 1821 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general (d. 1877) |
| 79530 | July 13 | Birth | 1831 – Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (d. 1889) |