| 117091 | October 13 | Event | 1775 – The United States' Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy). |
| 117092 | October 13 | Event | 1792 – In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid. |
| 117093 | October 13 | Event | 1812 – War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights: As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario, Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock. |
| 117094 | October 13 | Event | 1843 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world). |
| 117095 | October 13 | Event | 1845 – A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution that, if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state. |
| 117096 | October 13 | Event | 1881 – First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends. |
| 117097 | October 13 | Event | 1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, United States. |
| 117098 | October 13 | Event | 1892 – Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13–14. |
| 117099 | October 13 | Event | 1911 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent. |
| 117100 | October 13 | Event | 1914 – In Major League Baseball's World Series, the Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 0, at Fenway Park in Boston, completing the first World Series sweep in history. |
| 117101 | October 13 | Event | 1915 – The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I. |
| 117102 | October 13 | Event | 1917 – The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal. |
| 117103 | October 13 | Event | 1921 – The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia sign the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states. |
| 117104 | October 13 | Event | 1923 – Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey. |
| 117105 | October 13 | Event | 1929 – Jože Plečnik unveils his memorial to Napoleon on the Square of French Revolution, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| 117106 | October 13 | Event | 1943 – World War II: The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany. |
| 117107 | October 13 | Event | 1944 – World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia is occupied by the Red Army. |
| 117108 | October 13 | Event | 1946 – France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic. |
| 117109 | October 13 | Event | 1958 – Paddington Bear, a character from English children's literature, makes his debut. |
| 117110 | October 13 | Event | 1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations 46 people died. |
| 117111 | October 13 | Event | 1967 – The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134–129 in Oakland, California. |
| 117112 | October 13 | Event | 1970 – Fiji joins the United Nations. |
| 117113 | October 13 | Event | 1972 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashes outside Moscow killing 174. |
| 117114 | October 13 | Event | 1972 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile. By December 23, 1972, only 16 out of 45 people lived long enough to be rescued. |
| 117115 | October 13 | Event | 1976 – A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground). |
| 117116 | October 13 | Event | 1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C. |
| 117117 | October 13 | Event | 1977 – Four Palestinians hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction. |
| 117118 | October 13 | Event | 1983 – Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago. |
| 117119 | October 13 | Event | 1988 – Naguib Mahfouz wins Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| 117120 | October 13 | Event | 1990 – End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace. |