March 13 historical events
483 — Election of Pope Felix III following the death of Pope Simplicius earlier that month
Pope Felix III (died 1 March 492) was the bishop of Rome from 13 March 483 to his death on 1 March 492. His repudiation of the Henotikon is considered the beginning of the Acacian schism. He is commemorated on 1 March.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
624 — Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr (Arabic: غزوة بدر), fought on Tuesday, 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH in the Islamic calendar) in the Hejaz region of western Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia), was supposedly a key battle in the early days of Islam and a turning point in Muhammad's struggle with his opponents among the Quraish in Mecca. The battle has been passed down in Islamic history as a decisive victory attributable to divine intervention, or by secular sources to the strategic genius of Muhammad. It is one of the few battles specifically mentioned in the Quran.
Badr, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia · Hejaz, Saudi Arabia · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1261 — Treaty of Nymphaeum (1261)
The Treaty of Nymphaeum was a trade and defense pact signed between the Empire of Nicaea and the Republic of Genoa in Nymphaion in March 1261. This treaty would have a major impact on both the restored Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Genoa that would later dictate their histories for several centuries to come.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1401 — Samogitian uprisings
Samogitian uprisings refer to two uprisings by the Samogitians against the Teutonic Knights in 1401–1404 and 1409. Samogitia was granted to the Teutonic Knights by Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania, several times in order to enlist Knights' support for his other military affairs. The local population resisted Teutonic rule and asked Vytautas to protect them.
This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1567 — Battle of Oosterweel
The Battle of Oosterweel took place on 13 March 1567 and is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War. The battle was fought near the village of Oosterweel, north of Antwerp. A Spanish professional army under General Beauvoir defeated an army of radical Calvinists rebels under Jan de Marnix. The prisoners were considered rebels and all were killed. Some 700-800 Protestants died.William the Silent, the Burggraaf of Antwerp, did not allow the Protestants of the city to come to their aid, because he was, as lord of the city, bound by oath to support the Spanish King.
Antwerp, Belgium · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1569 — Battle of Jarnac
The Battle of Jarnac on 13 March 1569 was an encounter during the French Wars of Religion between the Catholic forces of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes, and the Huguenots, near the nadir of their fortunes, financed by Reinhold von Krockow (who was wounded in the battle) and led by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, who was killed after his surrender and his body paraded on an ass in Jarnac, to Catholic jeers. The forces met outside Jarnac between the right bank of the Charente River and the high road between Angoulême and Cognac.
Bassac, Charente, France · Jarnac, France · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1577 — Siege of Reval (1577)
The siege of Reval (1577) was a failed siege conducted by Tsar Ivan IV against the Swedish city of Reval during the Livonian War. Despite being able to occupy eastern Livonia, the Russian campaign eventually ended in failure due to the Russians failing to capture Reval.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Estonia · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1591 — Battle of Tondibi
The Battle of Tondibi was the decisive confrontation in the 16th-century invasion of the Songhai Empire by the army of the Saadi dynasty in Morocco. The Moroccan forces under Judar Pasha defeated the Songhai under Askia Ishaq II, guaranteeing the empire's downfall.
Mali · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1602 — Fourth Spanish Armada
The Fourth Spanish Armada, also known as the Last Armada, was a military expedition sent to Ireland that took place between August 1601 and March 1602 towards the end of Anglo-Spanish war. The armada – the fourth and smallest of its type, was sent on orders from the Spanish king Philip III to southwestern Ireland to assist the Irish rebels led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who were fighting to rid Ireland of Queen Elizabeth I of England's rule.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1639 — Massachusetts Bay names Harvard College
Meeting in Boston, the Massachusetts General Court ordered that the college in Cambridge be called Harvard College. The name honored John Harvard, who had left the school part of his estate and his library.
Boston, Massachusetts · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-11-07
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1640 — Dutch forces take the fort at Galle
After four days of bombardment, Dutch troops stormed the Portuguese fort at Galle and won on 13 March 1640.
This entry records the siege’s end date; the infobox gives the siege range as 8–13 March 1640.
Sri Lanka · War & conflict · Checked 2026-11-02
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1643 — First Battle of Middlewich
The First Battle of Middlewich took place on 13 March 1643, during the First English Civil War, and was fought between the Parliamentarians, under Sir William Brereton, and the Royalist supporters of King Charles I of England, under Sir Thomas Aston.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1672 — Action of 12 March 1672
The action of 12 March 1672 was a naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War between a squadron commanded by Sir Robert Holmes and Sir Frescheville Holles against the Smyrna convoy, which was protected by 5 warships under De Haaze and Cornelis Evertsen. The Battle took place before the official start of the conflict, but now there was no turning back and England declared war on the Dutch Republic on March 17, 1672.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1696 — Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698)
The siege of Mombasa was an attack on the Portuguese city of Mombasa and Fort Jesus by the army of the Ya'rubid ruler of Oman, Saif I bin Sultan, from 13 March 1696 to 13 December 1698.
Kenya · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1741 — Battle of Cartagena de Indias
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (Spanish: Sitio de Cartagena de Indias, lit. 'Siege of Cartagena de Indias') took place during the 1739 to 1748 War of Jenkins' Ear between Spain and Great Britain. The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the war was primarily fought in the Caribbean; the British tried to capture key Spanish ports in the region, including Porto Bello and Chagres in Panama, Havana, and Cartagena de Indias in present-day Colombia.
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1758 — Battle on Snowshoes
The Battle on Snowshoes was fought on March 13, 1758, during the French and Indian War. It was fought by a British force led by Captain Robert Rogers against French troops and Indians allied to France. The battle took place near Lake George, now in northern New York, but then in the frontier area between the British Province of New York and the French province of Canada.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1781 — William Herschel observes the object later identified as Uranus
On 13 March 1781, William Herschel observed Uranus from the garden of his home in Bath, England. He initially considered it a comet; subsequent observations established that it was a planet.
This is Herschel’s observation that led to the planet’s recognition, rather than the first time anyone had ever seen it.
19 New King Street, Bath, England, United Kingdom · Science & discovery · Checked 2026-11-01
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1787 — 1787 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1787 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1787, in order to elect the President of New Hampshire. (The office would be renamed to Governor in 1792.) Incumbent Federalist President John Sullivan defeated Anti-Federalist candidate and former President John Langdon, 1785 President Anti-Federalist candidate Josiah Bartlett and Federalist judge Samuel Livermore.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1792 — 1792 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1792 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1792, in order to elect the Governor of New Hampshire. (The office was renamed to Governor this year after previously having been known as the office of President.) Incumbent Anti-Federalist President/Governor Josiah Bartlett was re-elected unopposed.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1798 — 1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1798 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on March 13, 1798. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Taylor Gilman won re-election to a fifth term, easily defeating various minor candidates.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1801 — Battle of Mandora
The Battle of Mandora was a minor battle fought on 13 March 1801 between French forces under François Lanusse and the British expeditionary corps under Ralph Abercromby, during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. The battle was a failed attempt by the French to halt the British advance towards the French-held port of Alexandria.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1804 — 1804 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
On 13 March 1804, incumbent Federalist governor John Taylor Gilman won re-election, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate John Langdon.
United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-02
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1806 — Action of 13 March 1806
The action of 13 March 1806 was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought when a British and a French squadron met unexpectedly in the mid-Atlantic. Neither force was aware of the presence of the other prior to the encounter and were participating in separate campaigns.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1809 — Coup of 1809
The Coup of 1809 (Swedish: Statskuppen 1809), also referred to as the Revolution of 1809 (Swedish: Revolutionen 1809), was a Swedish coup d'état on 13 March of that year by a group of noblemen led by Georg Adlersparre, with support from the Western Army. The coup resulted in the deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf and the introduction of a new Instrument of Government.
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1810 — 1810 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 1810. Democratic-Republican nominee John Langdon defeated incumbent Federalist governor Jeremiah Smith.
United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-02
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1811 — Battle of Lissa (1811)
The Battle of Lissa, also known as the Battle of Vis (French: Bataille de Lissa; Italian: Battaglia di Lissa; Croatian: Viška bitka), was a naval action fought between a British frigate squadron and a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels on Wednesday, 13 March 1811 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1814 — Battle of Reims (1814)
The Battle of Reims was fought at Reims (France) on 13 March 1814 between the French Empire and a Russian-Prussian force. The French, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, were victorious.
France · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-24
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1815 — Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Participants were representatives of all European powers (other than the Ottoman Empire) and other stakeholders. The Congress was chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich (Duke Metternich) and was held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 1815.
Participants at the Congress of Vienna declare Napoleon an outlaw following his escape from Elba.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1821 — 1821 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1821 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1821. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Samuel Bell won re-election to a third term.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1823 — Battle of Jenipapo
The Battle of Jenipapo was fought near the river Jenipapo in the then province of Piauí, on 13 March 1823, between the Brazilian Army and the Portuguese Army during the Brazilian War of Independence. The Battle of Jenipapo occurred on the banks of the creek of the same name on March 13, 1823, which was decisive for the independence of Brazil and consolidation of the national territory. Consisted in the fight Piauí, Ceará and Maranhão against the troops of Major John Fidié José da Cunha, who was the commander of the Portuguese troops, charged with keeping the north of the former Portuguese colony loyal to the Crown.
Piauí, Brazil · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1827 — 1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1827 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1827. Incumbent Adams Governor David L. Morril did not stand for re-election, although he won a number of scattering votes. Jackson nominee Benjamin Pierce was elected without serious opposition.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1832 — 1832 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1832 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1832. Incumbent Democratic Governor Samuel Dinsmoor defeated National Republican nominee Ichabod Bartlett with 61.60% of the vote in a re-match of the previous year's election.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1834 — Priest Jovica's Rebellion
Priest Jovica's Rebellion (Serbian: поп-Јовичина буна, romanized: pop-Jovičina buna) was a Christian peasant rebellion that broke out in the Derventa and Gradačac nahiye, in Bosnian Posavina, in 10–13 March 1834, organized by Orthodox priest Jovica Ilić from Banja Luka, stationed in Derventa at the time. The rebels were predominantly Orthodox (Serbs), but some Catholics (Croats) also joined.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1838 — 1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1838 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1838. Incumbent Democratic Governor Isaac Hill defeated Whig nominee James Wilson II with 52.59% of the vote.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1845 — Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic era. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music.
Location not yet verified · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1849 — 1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1849 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1849. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared W. Williams did not stand for re-election. Democratic nominee Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. defeated Whig nominee Levi Chamberlain and Free Soil nominee Nathaniel S. Berry with 53.73% of the vote.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1849 — 1849 Arkansas gubernatorial special election
The 1849 Arkansas gubernatorial special election was held on March 13, 1849, to elect the governor of Arkansas for the remainder of Governor Thomas S. Drew's term, which became vacant after his resignation on January 10, 1849, due to the low salary he received as governor. The Democratic nominee and former speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, John S. Roane, defeated the Whig nominee, Cyrus W. Wilson, by a slim margin of 62 votes, or 0.96%.
Arkansas, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1854 — 1854 Chicago mayoral election
In the 1854 Chicago mayoral election, Democrat Isaac Lawrence Milliken defeated Temperance Party nominee Amos G. Throop by a landslide 19.5% margin. Throop had run previously in 1852. Incumbent mayor Charles McNeill Gray did not run for reelection. The election was held on March 13.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1855 — 1855 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1855 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1855, in order to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Know Nothing nominee and former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Ralph Metcalf defeated incumbent Democratic governor Nathaniel B. Baker, Whig nominee and former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives James Bell and Free Soil Party nominee Asa Fowler.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1860 — 1860 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1860 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1860. Incumbent Republican Governor Ichabod Goodwin defeated Democratic nominee Asa P. Cate in a re-match of the previous year's election.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1863 — Battle of Fort Anderson
The Battle of Fort Anderson, also known as the Battle of Deep Gully, took place March 13–15, 1863, in Craven County, North Carolina, as part of Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's Tidewater operations during the American Civil War. Lt. Gen. Longstreet took charge of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina on February 25 and initiated his Tidewater Operations. He directed Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill, commander of the North Carolina District, to advance on the Union stronghold of New Bern with about 12,000 men. Maj. Gen. William H. C. Whiting, who commanded the Wilmington garrison, refused to cooperate.
Craven County, North Carolina, United States · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1865 — 1865 South Australian colonial election
The 1865 South Australian colonial election was held between 1 and 13 March 1865 to elect members to the 4th Parliament of South Australia. All 36 seats in the House of Assembly (the lower house, whose members were elected at the 1862 election), and eight of the 18 seats in the Legislative Council (the upper house, which had two casual vacancies to be filled) were up for re-election.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1866 — 1866 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1866 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1866, in order to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican governor Frederick Smyth won re-election against Democratic nominee John G. Sinclair.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1868 — 1868 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1868 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1868, in order to elect the Governor of Arkansas. Republican nominee and Union Brigadier general Powell Clayton won the election as he ran unopposed. Democrats nominated no candidate as most ex-Confederates were still disenfranchised.
Arkansas, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1869 — Hungarian parliamentary election, 1869
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 9 and 13 March 1869. The main issues were the legitimisation of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and the birth of Austria-Hungary. Three parties ran for the seats; the supporters of the compromise founded the Deák Party, the partial opponents founded the Left Centre, and the total opponents founded the Far-left Party. The two main parties were the Deák Party and the Left Centre. Finally the Deák Party won the 55.95% of the seats.
Hungary · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1870 — March 1870 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 13 March 1870.
Portugal · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1877 — 1877 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1877 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on March 13, 1877, in order to elect the Governor of New Hampshire. Republican nominee and former Secretary of State of New Hampshire Benjamin F. Prescott defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district Daniel Marcy.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1880 — 1880 Welsh Cup final
The 1880 Welsh Cup final, was the third in the competition. It was contested by Druids and Ruthin at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham.
Location not yet verified · Sport · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1881 — Death of Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II (29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberator because of his historic Edict of Emancipation, which officially abolished Russian serfdom in 1861. Crowned on 7 September 1856, he succeeded his father Nicholas I and was succeeded by his son Alexander III.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1884 — Siege of Khartoum
The Battle of Khartoum, Siege of Khartoum or Fall of Khartoum was the conquest of Egyptian held Khartoum by the Mahdist forces led by Muhammad Ahmad. Egypt had held the city for some time prior, but the siege that the Mahdists engineered and carried out from 13 March 1884 to 26 January 1885 was enough to wrest control away from the Egyptian administration. After a ten-month siege, when the Mahdists finally broke into the city, the entire garrison of Egyptian soldiers was killed along with 4,000 Sudanese civilians.
Khartoum, Sudan · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1884 — Battle of Tamai
The Battle of Tamai (or Tamanieh) took place on 13 March 1884 between a British force under Sir Gerald Graham and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by Osman Digna. Despite his earlier victory at El Teb, Graham realised that Osman Digna's force was far from broken and that he still enjoyed support among the local population. Accordingly, a second expedition departed from Suakin on 10 March in order to defeat the Mahdists definitively. The force was composed of the same units that had fought at El Teb: 4,500 men, with 22 guns and 6 machine guns.
Suakin, Sudan · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1888 — 1888 Ritter Island eruption and tsunami
On the morning of 13 March 1888, a section of Ritter Island, a small volcanic island off the coast of New Guinea, collapsed into the sea in a sector collapse. Prior to its collapse, Ritter Island was a steeply-sloping, 780 m (2,560 ft) volcanic cone which produced eruptions in the 1690s and 1790s.
Location not yet verified · Disasters · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1895 — Sous expedition
The Sous expedition were a series of military expeditions conducted by Sultan Moulay Hassan of Morocco in the Sous region between 1882 and 1895. As a result of these campaigns, a series of Moroccan posts were established to the south of Agadir: at Tiznit, Kasbah Ba Amrane, Assaka and at Guelmim.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · Exploration · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1910 — 1910 Argentine general election
General elections were held in Argentina on 13 March 1910 to elect the president and 63 of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Roque Sáenz Peña was elected president.
Argentina · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1913 — Battle of Nogales (1913)
The First Battle of Nogales was a military confrontation between Mexican federal forces and rebel Constitutionalists during the Mexican Revolution. The battle was fought at the border city of Nogales, Sonora, on March 13, 1913. Rebel forces under General Álvaro Obregón attacked the federal garrison of about 400 infantry. Obregón's army included infantry, cavalry and at least one artillery piece.
Sonora, Mexico · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-24
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1914 — Second Battle of Topolobampo
The Second Battle of Topolobampo was a bloodless naval engagement during the Mexican Revolution. In March 1914, a rebel Constitutionalist gunboat attempted to break the blockade of Topolobampo, Sinaloa in Mexico. The attack forced federal gunboats to a further distance but failed to lift the blockade.
Mexico · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1915 — Battle of Neuve-Chapelle
The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took place in the First World War in Artois in France. The attack was intended to cause a rupture in the German lines, which would then be exploited with a rush to the Aubers Ridge and possibly Lille. A French assault at Vimy Ridge on the Artois plateau was also planned to threaten the road, rail and canal junctions at La Bassée from the south as the British attacked from the north.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
France · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1917 — Battle of Nambanje
The Battle of Nambanje was a minor engagement between British and German colonial forces during the East African Campaign of World War I. It involved the 1st East African Division and took place on 13 March 1917. Several British units were ordered to attack German forces that had been spotted near Nambanje. The British advance was detected by the Germans the day before, which enabled them to prepare and repulse the attack.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1917 — Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917
Operations on the Ancre took place from 11 January to 13 March 1917, between the British Fifth Army and the German 1st Army, on the Somme front during the First World War. After the Battle of the Ancre (13–18 November 1916), British attacks on the Somme front stopped for the winter. Until early January 1917, both sides were reduced to surviving the rain, snow, fog, mud fields, waterlogged trenches and shell-holes.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
France · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1918 — Battle of Bakhmach
Battle of Bakhmach (Bitva u Bachmače in Czech), was one of the last battles on the Eastern Front in World War I between the Entente-backed Czechoslovak Legion, Soviet Russia and the Central Powers occupying Ukraine after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The battle lasted from March 8 to March 13, 1918, over the city of Bakhmach and was the last engagement in World War I for the Soviets.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Ukraine · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1920 — Kapp Putsch
The Kapp Putsch (German pronunciation: [ˈkapˌpʊt͡ʃ] ), also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch (German pronunciation: [kapˈlʏtvɪt͡sˌpʊt͡ʃ] ), was an abortive coup d'état against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920. Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, its goal was to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, overthrow the Weimar Republic, and establish an autocratic government.
This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1930 — Lowell Observatory announces the discovery of Pluto
Lowell Observatory announced that Clyde Tombaugh had identified a distant object now known as Pluto. The announcement came after staff checked additional photographic plates.
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States · Science & discovery · Checked 2026-11-06
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1932 — 1932 German presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Germany on 13 March 1932, with a runoff on 10 April. Independent incumbent Paul von Hindenburg won a second seven-year term against Adolf Hitler of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Communist Party (KPD) leader Ernst Thälmann also ran and received more than ten percent of the vote in the runoff.
Germany · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1940 — Winter War
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. Despite superior military strength, especially in tanks and aircraft, the Soviet Union suffered severe losses and initially made little headway.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Finland · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1940 — Battle of Vyborg Bay (1940)
The Battle of Vyborg Bay or Battle of Viipuri Bay (2–13 March 1940) was the culmination of the Soviet Union's second offensive and the last battle in the Winter War.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1940 — Swedish intervention in the Winter War
The Swedish Intervention in the Winter War was a short-lived but successful attempt by the Swedish Volunteer Corps, along with other Nordic volunteers, to prevent a Soviet invasion of Finland during the Winter War. The volunteers only engaged in a few skirmishes on ground and in the air, the only major battles they participated in being the battles of Salla and Honkaniemi.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1942 — Operation Sportpalast
Operation Sportpalast (German: Sports Palace), also known as Unternehmen Nordmeer (German: Operation Northern Sea), was a German naval raid between 6 and 13 March 1942 in the Norwegian Sea against two Allied Arctic convoys during the Second World War. It was conducted by the battleship Tirpitz, three destroyers and eight submarines. The German ships were unable to locate either of the convoys but sank a merchant vessel that was sailing independently.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1942 — Invasion of Salamaua–Lae
The invasion of Salamaua–Lae (8–13 March 1942), called Operation SR by the Japanese, was an operation by Imperial Japanese forces to occupy the Salamaua–Lae area in the Territory of New Guinea during the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japanese invaded and occupied the location in order to construct an airfield and establish a base to cover and support the advance of Japanese forces into the eastern New Guinea and Coral Sea areas.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Papua New Guinea · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1947 — Birth of Josephine Siao
On 13 March 1947, Josephine Siao, an actor, was born.
China · Births & deaths · Checked 2026-10-26
Read on Wikipedia
English summary edited from Chinese Wikipedia sources. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors.
1953 — 1953 United Nations Secretary-General selection
A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in 1953 after Trygve Lie announced his intention of resigning. Lie had been at odds with the Soviet Union since the outbreak of the Korean War, and the negotiations for an armistice offered the opportunity for a new Secretary-General to turn the page. The British delegation dragged out the selection process as they campaigned for Lester Pearson of Canada, but he was vetoed by the Soviet Union.
This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1954 — The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam
The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a defeat of the French Union forces by the Viet Minh forces in the First Indochina War. It took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. The French began an operation to insert, and support, their soldiers at Điện Biên Phủ, deep in the autonomous Tai Federation in northwest Tonkin.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1956 — 1956 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
The 1956 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on March 13, 1956, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1956 United States presidential election.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1956 — 1956 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary
The 1956 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary was held on March 13, 1956, in New Hampshire as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1956 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower ran unopposed, and won the Granite State by the largest margin in history since the advent of the New Hampshire primary's direct vote for president in 1952.
New Hampshire, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1957 — Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista
The Museum of the Revolution (Spanish: Museo de la Revolución) is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the presidential palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista. The building became the Museum of the Revolution during the years following the Cuban Revolution. The palace building was attacked by the Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo in 1957.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1960 — 1958 Copa Ibarguren
The 1958 Copa Ibarguren was the 23nd (and last) edition of this national cup of Argentina. The final was contested by Racing Club de Avellaneda (1958 Primera División champion), and Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol of Córdoba Province, champion of 1952 Copa Presidente de la Nación. The match was held in C.A. Belgrano Stadium on 13 March 1960 (almost two years both teams won their respective editions due to organizational problems), with the Cordobese combined winning their first Ibarguren Cup after beating Racing 4–3.
Argentina · Sport · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1964 — Kitty Genovese is murdered in Queens
Catherine “Kitty” Genovese was killed near her home in Kew Gardens, Queens. The case later prompted research into how bystanders respond to emergencies.
Kew Gardens, Queens · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-06
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1969 — Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module
Apollo 9 (March 3–13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program, which successfully tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon. The three-man crew consisted of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.
Location not yet verified · Exploration · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1972 — China and the United Kingdom upgrade relations to ambassadorial level
On 13 March 1972, China and the United Kingdom signed a joint communiqué in Beijing to raise their diplomatic representation from chargé d’affaires to ambassadorial level. This was a later step than Britain’s recognition of the People’s Republic in 1950.
Beijing, China · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-25
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1974 — Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802
Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 was a charter flight from Bishop, California to Burbank, California that crashed into the White Mountains on the evening of March 13, 1974. The aircraft, carrying a movie production crew, crashed for undetermined reasons, killing all 36 occupants on board. To this day, the crash remains one of only three aviation accidents to be unsolved by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and it stands as the fourth-deadliest crash of a Convair CV-440 to date.
California, United States · Disasters · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1979 — The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état
The New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement (NJM), was a Marxist–Leninist vanguard party in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada that was led by Maurice Bishop. Established in 1973, the NJM issued its manifesto prior to Grenada being granted independence from the United Kingdom in 1974. The NJM took control of Grenada with a bloodless coup in 1979 and ruled by decree as the People's Revolutionary Government until 1983.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1979 — European central banks sign the agreement creating the European Monetary System
Central banks of the European Economic Community signed an agreement in Basel establishing the European Monetary System and its benchmark European Currency Unit.
Bank for International Settlements, Basel · Technology & industry · Checked 2026-11-06
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1980 — Southend East by-election, 1980
The Southend East by-election of 13 March 1980 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen McAdden on 26 December 1979. The seat was narrowly held by the Tories in the by-election.
United Kingdom · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1982 — 1982 Football League Cup final
The 1982 Football League Cup final was a football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on 13 March 1982 at Wembley Stadium. It was the final match of the 1981–82 Football League Cup, the 22nd staging of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League. Liverpool were the reigning champions and appearing in their third final.
Location not yet verified · Sport · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1984 — 1984 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
A presidential primary was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on March 13, 1984, to elect delegates representing Alabama to the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Alabama was allocated sixty-two delegates, fifty-two of which were pledged. Thirty-five delegates were elected from the seven congressional districts, five each, and the remaining were chosen by the State Democratic Executive Committee to reflect candidates' statewide vote.
Alabama, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1984 — Maw Pokay border incident ends
The Maw Pokay incident took place on the Myanmar–Thailand border from 12 to 13 March 1984. During operations against Karen forces, Burma's 44th Light Infantry crossed into Thailand and clashed with Thai border guards.
This entry records the infobox range end, 13 March; the full range is 12–13 March 1984.
Myanmar · Thailand · War & conflict · Checked 2026-11-02
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1985 — 1985 Luton riot
The 1985 Luton riot occurred before, during and after a 1984–85 FA Cup sixth-round football match between Luton Town and Millwall on 13 March 1985 at Luton Town's Kenilworth Road ground in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It was one of the worst incidents of football hooliganism during the 1980s, and led to a ban on away supporters by Luton Town which lasted for four seasons.
England, United Kingdom · Sport · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1988 — The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan
The Seikan Tunnel (Japanese: 青函トンネル, Seikan Tonneru or 青函隧道, Seikan Zuidō) is a 53.85-kilometre (33.5-mile) dual-gauge railway tunnel in Japan, with a 23.3-kilometre (14.5-mile) segment running beneath the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait, which separates Aomori Prefecture on Honshu, Japan's main island, from the northern island of Hokkaido. The tunnel's track level lies approximately 100 metres (330 ft) below the seabed and 240 metres (790 ft) below sea level.
Location not yet verified · Technology & industry · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1989 — 1989 Beaver River federal by-election
A by-election was held in the Alberta federal riding of Beaver River on March 13, 1989. The election was triggered by the death of incumbent John Dahmer, who died five days after winning the seat in the 1988 federal election. Reform candidate Deborah Grey won the by-election, becoming the party's first elected MP.
Canada · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1989 — STS-29
STS-29 was the 28th NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery inserted a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) into Earth orbit. It was the third shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster in 1986, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on March 13, 1989. STS-29R was the eighth flight of Discovery and the 28th Space Shuttle mission overall; its planned predecessor, STS-28, was delayed until August 1989.
Location not yet verified · Exploration · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1990 — Grenadian general election, 1990
General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 1990. The result was a victory for the National Democratic Congress, which won seven of the 15 seats. Voter turnout was 68.4%.
Grenada · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1991 — Hong Kong presents its 1991 social welfare white paper
Hong Kong’s government presented its white paper on social welfare to the Legislative Council. The paper set out plans for services for older people and families, as well as changes to public assistance.
Hong Kong · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-07
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
1992 — 1992 Erzincan earthquake
An earthquake struck eastern Turkey near the city of Erzincan at 20:18:39 local time on 13 March 1992. The second major earthquake to hit Erzincan in half a century, it measured 6.6–6.7 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw). It was assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) and EMS-98 intensity of IX (Destructive).
Location not yet verified · Disasters · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Australian federal election, 1993
Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 March 1993. All 147 seats in the House of Representatives, and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate, were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by John Hewson with coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Tim Fischer.
Australia · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Tasmania
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1993 federal election in the state of Tasmania.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Western Australia
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1993 federal election in the state of Western Australia.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in territories
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1993 federal election for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — 1993 Australian Senate election
The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1993 federal election. Senators total 34 coalition (29 Liberal, four coalition National, one CLP), 30 Labor, two Green, two non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 1993, except the territories who took their seats immediately.
Australia · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Victoria
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1993 federal election in the state of Victoria.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in Queensland
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1993 federal election in the state of Queensland.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in South Australia
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1993 federal election in the state of South Australia.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1993 — Results of the 1993 Australian federal election in New South Wales
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1993 federal election in the state of New South Wales.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1994 — 1994 Lower Saxony state election
The 1994 Lower Saxony state election was held on 13 March 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Gerhard Schröder. As the SPD won an absolute majority of seats in the election, it formed government alone, and Schröder continued in office.
Lower Saxony, Germany · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1996 — Dunblane massacre
The Dunblane massacre was a school shooting that took place at Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, near Stirling, Scotland, on 13 March 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton killed 16 pupils and one teacher and injured 15 others before killing himself. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history. Following the killings, public debate centred on gun control laws, including public petitions for a ban on private ownership of handguns and an official inquiry, which produced the 1996 Cullen Report.
Scotland, United Kingdom · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1998 — UFC 16
UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 13, 1998 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
Louisiana, United States · Sport · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1999 — Sabah state election, 1999
The 1999 Sabah state election was held between Friday, 12 March and Saturday, 13 March 1999. The election was won by Barisan Nasional increasing the number of seats it won in the 1994 election from 23 to 31.
Sabah, Malaysia · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
1999 — The first Ultra Music Festival takes place in Miami Beach
The electronic music festival began as a one-day event at Collins Park in Miami Beach. The first lineup included Josh Wink and Rabbit in the Moon.
Collins Park, Miami Beach, Florida, United States · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-11-07
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2004 — 2004 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2004 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 13 in the U.S. state of Kansas as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.
United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2004 — WWE Hall of Fame (2004)
WWE Hall of Fame (2004) was the event which featured the introduction of the 5th class to the WWE Hall of Fame. The event was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on March 13, 2004, from the Hilton Midtown in New York City, New York. It was the first Hall of Fame event held since the suspension of the event in 1996.
United States · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2005 — 5th Congress of the Ak Zhol Democratic Party
The 5th Congress of the Ak Zhol Democratic Party was held on 13 March 2005. Co-chairman Alikhan Baimenov was unanimously elected by the 149 delegates to be its first single chairman.
Kazakhstan · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2005 — Destination X (2005)
The 2005 Destination X was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on March 13, 2005 at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the first event under the Destination X chronology. Nine matches and two preshow matches were featured on the event's card.
Location not yet verified · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2007 — UEFA Celebration Match
The UEFA Celebration Match was a football match played at Old Trafford, Manchester, on 13 March 2007 as a celebration of both the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which laid the foundations for the European Union, and the first participation of Manchester United F.C. in UEFA competitions. Manchester United won the match 4–3 against a Europe XI managed by Italian World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi.
Manchester, United Kingdom · Sport · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2011 — Beninese presidential election, 2011
Presidential elections were held in Benin on 13 March 2011 after being postponed twice from 27 February and 6 March 2011. Incumbent President Yayi Boni ran for re-election against thirteen other candidates, including former National Assembly head and political veteran Adrien Houngbédji and Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané, president of the West African Development Bank. He won 53.18% of the vote, enough to win a second term without a run-off. It is the first time since the restoration of democracy in Benin that a candidate has won the presidency in a single round. A second round run-off would have been held on 27 March 2011 if it had been necessary.
Benin · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2011 — Victory Road (2011)
Victory Road (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion, which took place on March 13, 2011 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seventh event under the Victory Road chronology and the third event of the 2011 TNA PPV schedule.
Florida, United States · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2011 — 2011 A-League Grand Final
The 2011 A-League Grand Final was the sixth A-League Grand Final taking place on 13 March 2011 at Suncorp Stadium. It was the final match in the A-League 2010–11 season, played between premiers Brisbane Roar and runners-up Central Coast Mariners.
Location not yet verified · Sport · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2012 — Sierre coach crash
The Sierre coach crash occurred on 13 March 2012 near Sierre, Switzerland, when a coach carrying school teachers and pupils crashed into a wall in the Sierre Tunnel. Of the 52 people on board, 28 were killed in the crash, including both drivers, all four teachers, and 22 of the 46 children. The other 24 pupils, all aged between 10 and 12, were injured, including three who were hospitalised with severe brain and chest injuries. The coach was one of three operated by the Aarschot-based Top Tours company and was transporting mostly Belgian school teachers and students from a skiing holiday in Val d'Anniviers back to their two schools in Belgium.
Switzerland · Disasters · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2012 — 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primary
The 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place on March 13, 2012, on the same day as the Mississippi Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses. Rick Santorum was declared the winner.
Alabama, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2012 — 2012 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses
The 2012 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses was held on March 13, 2012. 70 registered Republicans selected six delegates in a closed-door meeting to represent the territory in the 2012 Republican National Convention. On March 14, 2012, Dr. Victor T. Tofaeono, the chair for the Republican Party of American Samoa, announced that all six delegates, along with three at-large delegates, had pledged their support to Mitt Romney.
American Samoa · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-24
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2012 — Battle of Idlib (2012)
The Battle of Idlib was fought in the city of Idlib, located in northwestern Syria, starting on 10 March 2012. The battle took place in a province considered a stronghold of the armed opposition to the Syrian government and was fought in the wider context of the Syrian Army trying to retake several rebel strongholds. After three days of fighting, the Syrian Army recaptured the city.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Syria · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2012 — Britannica announces the end of its print encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia Britannica said its 2010 edition would be the last printed set. The publisher continued to offer and update the encyclopaedia online.
United States · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-11-06
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2012 — Mississippi holds its 2012 presidential primaries
Barack Obama received 97,304 votes in the Democratic presidential primary. In the Republican contest, Rick Santorum finished ahead of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
Mississippi, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-07
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2012 — Barack Obama leads Alabama’s 2012 Democratic presidential primary
President Barack Obama received 84.1 percent of Alabama’s Democratic presidential primary vote. The remaining votes were cast for uncommitted delegates.
Alabama, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-07
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2012 — Mitt Romney wins Hawaii’s 2012 Republican presidential caucuses
Hawaii Republicans held precinct caucuses to choose delegates for the presidential nomination. Mitt Romney finished first in the preference vote, with Rick Santorum second.
Hawaii, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-07
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2013 — 2013 Norfolk Island legislative election
The 2013 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 13 March 2013 to elect the 14th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island. This was the last election for the Assembly before it was abolished in 2015 and replaced with the Norfolk Island Regional Council as part of the removal of Norfolk Island's semi-self-governing status.
Norfolk Island · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2013 — 2013 Country Liberal Party leadership spill
A leadership spill of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the Northern Territory of Australia occurred on 13 March 2013, less than a year after the Terry Mills-led CLP opposition defeated the Paul Henderson-led Labor government at the 2012 election, winning 16 of 25 seats. Transport Minister Adam Giles officially replaced Mills as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and leader of the CLP on 14 March 2013 with 11 votes to 5.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2013 — The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
A conclave was held on 12 and 13 March 2013 to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had resigned on 28 February 2013. Of the 117 eligible cardinal electors, all but two attended. On the fifth ballot, the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires. After accepting his election, he took the name Francis.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2014 — Death of Wang King-ho
On 13 March 2014, Wang King-ho, a surgeon, died.
Taiwan · Births & deaths · Checked 2026-10-26
Read on Wikipedia
English summary edited from Chinese Wikipedia sources. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors.
2015 — 2015 Belgrade helicopter crash
On 13 March 2015, a Serbian Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashed just short of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport while transporting a five-day-old baby with respiratory problems to a nearby hospital. All seven people onboard, including four crew members, two medical personnel and the baby, were killed. The baby had to be flown from Novi Pazar to Belgrade by helicopter because of a landslide-induced road obstruction.
Location not yet verified · Disasters · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2015 — ONE Championship: Age of Champions
ONE Championship: Age of Champions was a mixed martial arts event held on 13 March 2015 at Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Malaysia · Sport · Checked 2026-10-21
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2015 — 2015 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election
The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 2015 was held in March 2015. The incumbent leader and Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka was re-elected for another term. Sobotka was the only candidate. He received over 85% votes from delegates. 706 delegates were allowed to vote.
Czechia · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2015 — 2015 Southern Syria offensive
The 2015 Southern Syria offensive, code-named "Operation Martyrs of Quneitra", was an offensive launched in southern Syria during the Syrian Civil War by the Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces. Government forces also include Iranian sponsored Afghani Shi'ite volunteer militias. The name "Operation Martyrs of Quneitra" refers to the January 2015 Mazraat Amal incident, in which several high level Hezbollah and IRGC members were killed in an Israeli strike.
This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.
Syria · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2016
The Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 13 March 2016 in Saxony-Anhalt for the 7th legislative period of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent Minister-President was Reiner Haseloff of the CDU, governing in a grand coalition with the SPD. After the elections, a governing coalition consisting of the CDU, the SPD and the Greens was formed, and Haseloff was re-elected as minister president of Saxony-Anhalt on 25 April 2016. The coalition has been nicknamed the "Kenya coalition" because the participating parties' colors are black, red, and green, the colors of the flag of Kenya.
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — Rebelión de los Juniors (2016)
Rebelión de los Juniors (2016) (Spanish for "The Junior Rebellion") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Mexican professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), that took place on March 13, 2016 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico, Mexico. The focal point of the show was the Eponymous Rebelión de los Juniors tournament, an eight-man elimination match where all wrestlers were either second or third-generatoon wrestlers. The last surviving participant was rewarded by becoming the number one contender for the IWRG Junior de Juniors Championship held by Golden Magic at the time of the show.
Naucalpan, Mexico · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — Baden-Württemberg state election, 2016
The Baden-Württemberg state election 2016 was held on 13 March 2016 to elect members to Baden-Württemberg's State diet, the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. It was the 15th state election since the foundation of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. Going into the election, Winfried Kretschmann of Alliance '90/The Greens led a coalition government of his party with the Social Democrats. After the election, Kretschman was confirmed in May 2016 leading a coalition with the CDU, the first time the Greens have led such a coalition in Germany. Like in all German states, elections in Baden-Württemberg follow the mixed member proportional representation.
Baden-Württemberg, Germany · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from the 2016-10 Wikipedia snapshot; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2016)
On 13 March 2016, Al-Nusra Front and Jund al-Aqsa launched an overnight attack against the Free Syrian Army's 13th Division headquarters in the town of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man. According to social media activists in support of the Syrian opposition, Jabhat al-Nusra attacked Division 13 over local protesters and demonstrations.
Syria · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — Grand-Bassam shootings
On 13 March 2016, three Islamist gunmen opened fire at a beach resort in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast, killing at least 19 people and injuring 33 others.
Ivory Coast · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — 2016 Scottish League Cup final (March)
The 2015–16 Scottish League Cup final was the 70th final of the Scottish League Cup. The final took place on 13 March 2016 at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The clubs contesting the final were Hibernian and Ross County, with Ross County winning 2–1 with a last minute goal. The win was Ross County's first major trophy in senior football.
Glasgow, United Kingdom · Sport · Checked 2026-09-24
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
The 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state election to elect the members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate was held on 13 March 2016, the same day as the Baden-Württemberg state election and Saxony-Anhalt state election. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Malu Dreyer was defeated due to severe losses by the Greens, dropping to 5th largest party and nearly losing representation.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — March 2016 Ankara bombing
The March 2016 Ankara bombing killed at least 37 people and injured 125. Of the 125 individuals who suffered injuries, 19 were seriously harmed. Several buildings were also damaged during the event, and a bus and many cars were reportedly completely destroyed. The bombing took place on Atatürk Boulevard, near Güvenpark, at a point where several bus stops were located.
Location not yet verified · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2016 — 2016 Belarusian Super Cup
The 2016 Belarusian Super Cup was held on 13 March 2016 between the 2015 Belarusian Premier League champions BATE Borisov and the 2014–15 Belarusian Cup runners-up Shakhtyor Soligorsk. BATE won the match 2–1 and won the trophy for the sixth time. This was the fourth consecutive year that they won the trophy.
Location not yet verified · Sport · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2017 — 2017 Hungarian presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in Hungary on 13 March 2017. Incumbent President János Áder was re-elected with an absolute majority for a second term.
Hungary · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2018 — 2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election
The 2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election took place on March 13, 2018, following a primary election on January 16, 2018. Incumbent Mayor Jack Seiler was term-limited and could not seek a fourth term. Three candidates ran to succeed him: City Commissioner Dean Trantalis, who ran against Seiler for Mayor in 2009; City Commissioner Bruce Roberts, who also served as the city's former police chief; and former City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom.
Florida, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2018 — 2018 Grenadian general election
General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 2018. The result was a victory for the New National Party and incumbent Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, winning his fifth term in office.
Grenada · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2018 — 2018 Nepalese presidential election
The third presidential election of Nepal was held on 13 March 2018. As a new election law was developed (which is foreseen by the Constitution of Nepal) and as, due to the Nepalese election in 2017, an electoral college could be established, the election took place three years after the previous presidential elections despite the presidential term of office actually being set at 5 years.
Nepal · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2018 — 2018 Sukma attack
On 13 March 2018, at least nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and six others were injured when Maoists blew up a mine-protected vehicle with an IED in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India.
India · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2018 — 2018 Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election
A special election for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district was held on March 13, 2018, following the resignation of Republican representative Tim Murphy. Murphy, who held the seat since January 3, 2003, declared his intent to resign on October 5, 2017, and vacated his seat on October 21 that year. In a close race, Democrat Conor Lamb defeated Republican Rick Saccone 49.86% to 49.53%.
Pennsylvania, United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2020 — Mexican National Tag Team Championship tournament (2020)
The Mexican professional wrestling company Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) held a Mexican National Tag Team Championship tournament from February 28, through March 13, 2020. The tournament marked the return of the Mexican National Tag Team Championship to CMLL after a 28-year absence. A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament, with the teams of Templario/El Hijo del Villano III and Atlantis Jr.
Mexico City, Mexico · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2020 — AAA vs MLW
AAA vs MLW (also known as MLW x AAA and AAA vs. MLW Super Series) was a professional wrestling supercard event co-produced by the U.S-based Major League Wrestling (MLW) and the Mexico-based Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), in partnership with Promociones EMW. It was held at Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on March 13, 2020.
Tijuana, Mexico · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2020 — Trump declares a national emergency over COVID-19
On March 13, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump issued Proclamation 9994, declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency, effective from March 1. This was separate from the public health emergency declared by the Department of Health and Human Services on January 31. The proclamation allowed the health secretary to temporarily waive or modify certain federal health-program requirements in response to the outbreak.
March 13 was the proclamation date; the emergency was effective from March 1. The document was published in the Federal Register on March 18.
United States · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-04
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2021 — 2020 EFL Trophy final
The 2020 EFL Trophy Final (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 Papa John's Trophy Final) was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 13 March 2021. It decided the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Trophy, the 36th edition of the competition, a knock-out tournament for the 48 teams in League One and League Two and 16 category one academy sides.
London, United Kingdom · Sport · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2021 — UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad (also known as UFC Fight Night 187, UFC on ESPN+ 45 and UFC Vegas 21) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 13, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
Nevada, United States · Sport · Checked 2026-09-24
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2021 — 2021 Indian Super League final
The 2021 Indian Super League final was the final match of the 2020–21 Indian Super League, the seventh season of the Indian Super League. It was played on 13 March 2021 at the Fatorda Stadium, Goa, between Mumbai City and ATK Mohun Bagan, who finished first and second in the league table during the regular season respectively.
Location not yet verified · Sport · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2021 — Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)
This is a list of electoral region results for the Western Australian Legislative Council in the 2021 Western Australian state election. The Daylight Saving and Legalise Cannabis party won their first ever Western Australian Legislative Council seat at this election.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2021 — 2021 Western Australian state election
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 13 March to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent Labor Government, led by Premier Mark McGowan, won a second consecutive four-year term in office in a historic landslide victory.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2021 — Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)
This is a list of electoral district results of the 2021 Western Australian election. Percentages, margins and swings are calculated on notional estimates based on analysis of the redistributed electoral boundaries by the ABC's Antony Green for the Western Australian Parliamentary Library.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2022 — Yavoriv military base attack
The Yavoriv military base was attacked by Russian forces on 13 March 2022 as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The base is located near the city of Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, less than 15 miles from the border with Poland. According to Ukrainian officials, the military facility was hit by 30 Russian missiles, with initial reports stating between 35 and more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 134 others were injured.
Ukraine · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2022 — 2022 Ishikawa gubernatorial election
The 2022 Ishikawa gubernatorial election was held on 13 March 2022 to elect the next governor of Ishikawa (石川県, Ishikawa-ken), a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2022 — Death of Tang Chuan
On 13 March 2022, Tang Chuan, an actor, died.
Location not yet verified · Births & deaths · Checked 2026-10-26
Read on Wikipedia
English summary edited from Chinese Wikipedia sources. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors.
2023 — Guillaume Cliche-Rivard wins a Québec provincial by-election
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard won the Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne seat in Québec's National Assembly for Québec solidaire. He received 44.5 percent of the vote.
Montréal, Québec, Canada · Politics & society · Checked 2026-11-07
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence
2024 — 2023 Supercopa Argentina
The 2023 Supercopa Argentina was the tenth edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match played between the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina. The match was contested by the 2023 Primera División champions River Plate and the 2023 Copa Argentina winners Estudiantes (LP) on 13 March 2024 at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba.
Location not yet verified · Sport · Checked 2026-10-18
Read on Wikipedia
Source excerpt from a recorded current Wikipedia revision; automated source checks. Original revision · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors. Consecutive opening sentences selected; whitespace normalized.
2025 — Death of Lee Kwok Cheung
On 13 March 2025, Lee Kwok Cheung, a singer, died.
China · Births & deaths · Checked 2026-10-26
Read on Wikipedia
English summary edited from Chinese Wikipedia sources. Original revision · Occurrence date evidence · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors.
2025 — The 29th Sofia International Film Festival opens
The Sofia International Film Festival opened at the National Palace of Culture with the premiere of the Bulgarian film The Bet.
National Palace of Culture, Sofia · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-11-06
Read on Wikipedia
Occurrence date evidence