Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
May 13, 535 |
St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
May 13, 609 |
Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon in Rome into a Catholic church |
May 13, 641 |
Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon |
May 13, 1106 |
Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans |
May 13, 1110 |
Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath |
May 13, 1364 |
Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven |
May 13, 1497 |
Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola |
May 13, 1559 |
Exhumed corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel |
May 13, 1568 |
Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside |
May 13, 1588 |
King Henri III flees Paris |
May 13, 1607 |
English colonists, led by John Smith, land near James River in Virginia |
May 13, 1624 |
Admiral Hermites' fleet blockade Lima, Peru |
May 13, 1637 |
Cardinal Richelieu of France reputedly creates the table knife |
May 13, 1643 |
Battle of Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists |
May 13, 1643 |
Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population |
May 13, 1648 |
Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. |
May 13, 1652 |
Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki |
May 13, 1654 |
Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish |
May 13, 1767 |
Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus" premieres in Salzburg |
May 13, 1777 |
University library at Vienna opens |
May 13, 1779 |
War of Bavarian Succession ends |
May 13, 1787 |
Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia |
May 13, 1820 |
Opera "Die Jagarsbrautt" is completed |
May 13, 1830 |
Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president |
May 13, 1835 |
1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms |
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Augustus Caesar
Roman emperor
Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. He was born Gaius Octavius into an old and wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian Octavii family. Following the assassination… more »
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William Peter Blatty
Writer
William Peter Blatty is an American writer and filmmaker. The Exorcist, written in 1971, is his most well-known novel; he also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation, for which he won an Academy Award, and wrote and dir… more »
