13th February anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1658
  • France
  • "Birth of Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer"
• event
  • 1633
  • Italy
  • Galileo was detained by the Italian Inquisition in Rome more
  • 1692
  • Great Britain
  • The massacre of Glencoe – Clan Campbell sides with King William and murders members of Clan McDonald
  • 1989
  • South Africa
  • South African President P.W. Botha was forced to resign after a stroke
• Death
  • 1542
  • Great Britain
  • "Catherine Howard, wife of Henry VIII, executed"
  • 1883
  • Germany
  • "Death of Richard Wagner, German composer"
  • 1958
  • France
  • "Death of Georges Rouault, French artist ."