Historical events on March 13
MARCH 13, 2013
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.
A papal conclave was held on 12 and 13 March 2013 to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had
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MARCH 13, 1943
The Holocaust: Nazi troops began the final liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.
The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah (שואה), was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945,
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MARCH 13, 1920
The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.
The Kapp Putsch was a failed coup attempt in Berlin in 1920, aiming to overthrow the Weimar Republic and establish an authoritarian
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MARCH 13, 1845
German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as the soloist.
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic
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MARCH 13, 2004
The Filipino singer Rachelle Ann Go won the reality talent show Search for a Star, performing a cover of Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" in the grand final.
Rachelle Ann Villalobos Go is a Filipino singer and actress. Known primarily for her work in theater, she has starred in musicals
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MARCH 13, 1567
A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.
The Battle of Oosterweel took place on 13 March 1567 near the village of Oosterweel, near Antwerp, in present-day Belgium, and is
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MARCH 13, 1697
Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
Nojpetén was the capital city of the Itza Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá. It was located on an island in Lake Petén
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MARCH 13, 1848
Klemens von Metternich was forced to resign as the foreign minister of Austria following student demonstrations in Vienna.
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and
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MARCH 13, 1986
Claiming the right of innocent passage, the American warships Yorktown and Caron entered Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea.
Innocent passage is a concept in the law of the sea that allows for a vessel to pass through the territorial sea
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MARCH 13, 1964
Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
In the early hours of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed outside the apartment building where
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MARCH 13, 1741
War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (pictured).
The War of Jenkins' Ear was fought by Great Britain and Spain between 1739 and 1748. The majority of the fighting took
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MARCH 13, 1781
William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.
Frederick William Herschel was a German-British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born
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MARCH 13, 1985
One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.
Football hooliganism, also known as soccer hooliganism, football rioting or soccer rioting, constitutes violence and other destructive behaviors perpetrated by spectators at
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MARCH 13, 1988
The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.
The Seikan Tunnel is a 53.85 kilometres (33.46 mi) dual-gauge railway tunnel in Japan, with a 23.3-kilometre (14.5 mi) segment running beneath the seabed
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MARCH 13, 1811
Napoleonic Wars: A British frigate squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought between the French First Republic (1803–1804)/First French Empire (1804–1815) under the
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