13th July anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1608
  • Spain
  • "Birth of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor ."
  • 1808
  • France
  • "Birth of Patrice MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, President of France ."
  • 1859
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Sidney Webb, British economist, politician and social reformer, co-founder (with his wife Beatrice) of the London School of Economics and Political Science." more
  • 1918
  • Italy
  • "Birth of Alberto Ascari, Italian racing driver ."
• event
  • 1643
  • Great Britain
  • Civil War Battle of Roundway Down. The Royalists under Lord Wilmot convincingly defeated the Parliamentarians who were besieging Devizes. more
  • 1837
  • Great Britain
  • Queen Victoria moves into the first Buckingham Palace
  • 1887
  • Great Britain
  • Second Tay Bridge opened
  • 1908
  • Women competed in the modern Olympics for the first time (London Olympics 1908).
  • 1929
  • United States
  • Warner Brothers released On with the Show the first film shot entirely in Technicolor
  • 1985
  • Great Britain
  • Live Aid pop concert raises over £50M for famine relief
• Death
  • 1807
  • Great Britain
  • "Henry Benedict Stuart died 1807 (born 1725). Jacobite claimant to the throne as Henry IX. He was the second son of James Francis Edward, who claimed the English throne as James III. Henry was known as Cardinal York after his appointment by Benedict XIV in"
  • 1955
  • Great Britain
  • "Ruth Ellis hanged for the murder of her lover, David Blakely, the last woman to be executed in Britain." more
  • 1983
  • Canada
  • "Death of Gabrielle Roy, Canadian writer ." more