Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Dec 13, 1294 |
Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. |
Dec 13, 1545 |
Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opened by Pope Paul III |
Dec 13, 1570 |
Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin |
Dec 13, 1572 |
Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet (confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles) under admiral Lumey |
Dec 13, 1577 |
Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world |
Dec 13, 1621 |
Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree |
Dec 13, 1636 |
The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard. |
Dec 13, 1642 |
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights the South Island of present day New Zealand; initially he calls it Staten Landt and changes it a year later to Nieuw Zeeland |
Dec 13, 1643 |
English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire. |
Dec 13, 1668 |
Jean Racine's "Britannicus" premieres in Paris |
Dec 13, 1734 |
England & Russia sign trade agreement |
Dec 13, 1742 |
Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes |
Dec 13, 1759 |
1st music store in America opens (Phila) |
Dec 13, 1769 |
Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter |
Dec 13, 1774 |
1st incident of American Revolution - 400 attack Ft William and Mary, New Hampshire |
Dec 13, 1816 |
Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston |
Dec 13, 1823 |
Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London |
Dec 13, 1833 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia |
Dec 13, 1861 |
Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV |
Dec 13, 1862 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights) |
Dec 13, 1864 |
Battle of Ft McAllister, GA |
Dec 13, 1879 |
1st federal fish hatching steamer lauched (Wilmington Delaware) |
Dec 13, 1889 |
Belgium rules on women/child labor law |
Dec 13, 1895 |
1st complete execution of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony |
Dec 13, 1900 |
Battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten |
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