313 The Edict of Milan, an agreement between co-emperors Constantine the Great and Licinius to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire, was posted in Nicomedia on June 13, 313. The Edict of Milan gave Christianity legal status and a reprieve from persecution but did not make it the state church of the Roman Empire. That occurred 67 years later with the Edict of Thessalonica.
1231 June 13th is Lisbon, Portugal´s holiday in honor of the city´s saint, Anthony of Lisbon (1195 – June 13, 1231), also known as Saint Anthony of Padua. The most popular and effective preacher of his day (he had studied under Francis of Assisi), he attracted crowds of up to 30,000, Anthony earned the title "hammer of the heretics" for converting so many of the dualistic Cathari.
1325 Born into a family of Islamic legal scholars in Tangier, Morocco, 21-year-old Ibn Battuta set off on June 13, 1325 on pilgrimage to Mecca. Rather than taking the usual 16 months, he traveled for 24 years, exploring Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Developing the travel bug, he became one of the world's foremost explorers, touring India, China and the Horn of Africa.
1514 Henry Grace à Dieu, built at the Woolwich Dockyard in England, was dedicated June 13, 1514. At over 1,000 tons (907,000 kgs) it was the largest warship in the world at the time. Henry Grace à Dieu featured numerous advancements and innovations, including multiple gun decks, heavy artillery, and improved structural design.
1525 During religious disturbances, Martin Luther was instrumental in the escape of a dozen nuns, who had been hiding in remote villages after becoming convinced of the truth of Lutheran theology. Making it his business to find them husbands in their new homes, Luther discovered two years later that one of them, Katharina Von Bara, was still unattached, so he married her himself on June 13, 1525. They lived together happily for the rest of Luther's life.
1525 After his marriage to the nun Katharina Von Bara on June 13, 1525, Martin Luther took the Augustian monastery in Wittenburg as married quarters. The Luthers lived in the "Black Cloister;" formerly his home as a monk. Luther's marriage to Katharina kick started the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions. The reformer said he could find no trace in the Gospels of the vows of chastity taken by monks and nuns.
1625 Charles I of England married the Catholic French princess Henrietta Maria, the Catholic youngest daughter of Henry IV of France in Canterbury on June 13, 1625. She was 15 at the time and was tiny, very dark and had terrible teeth. Henrietta was a devoted wife despite spending much of her time either pouting or weeping. They had nine children with three sons and three daughters surviving infancy. Henrietta lost one child in 1628 when the midwife fainted with fright.
1645 Miyamoto Musashi of Japan who died on June 13, 1645, was regarded as one of the greatest swordsmen of all time. He won his first duel at the age of 12, beating his Samurai opponent to death with his wooden sword. Musashi became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai). He is considered the Kensei, sword-saint of Japan.
1782 The last European witch to be executed, Anna Göldi, was decapitated in Switzerland on June 13, 1782. A maid working for the Tschudi family, Jakob Tschudi reported her for having put needles in the bread and milk of one of his daughters, apparently through supernatural means. Under torture, she admitted to entering in a pact with the Devil, who had appeared to her as a black dog. Göldi withdrew her confession after the torture ended, but was sentenced to execution by decapitation.
1789 Before the Revolution, France was divided into three Estates. The First Estate was the Clergy, The Second Estate was the Nobility and the remainder of the population made up the Third Estate. The members of the Third Estate were angry that they were being taxed the most when they were the poorest group of people. The Third Estate decided to break away and start their own assembly where every member would get a vote. On June 13, 1789, they started the National Assembly.
1789 Ice cream was introduced to the United States by Quaker colonists who brought their ice cream recipes with them. On June 13, 1789, George Washington became the first US president to eat ice-cream, when he was served the dessert at a dinner party given by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. Washington enjoyed the ice cream and bought a "cream machine for making ice" of his own. He spent $200 on ice cream during the summer of 1790, which equals roughly $5,100 in today's money.
1842 Queen Victoria was the first British monarch to travel by train. On June 13, 1842 the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Prince Albert accompanied her on the inaugural royal train journey, from Slough (near Windsor Castle) to Bishop's Bridge (near Paddington). The first royal train trip lasted only 25 minutes. Two years earlier, Queen Adelaide had become the first member of the British Royal Family to travel by railway when she took a train from Nottingham to Leeds.
1844 The pin-tumbler lock or Yale lock was invented on June 13, 1844 by lock shop owner Linus Yale Sr, whose name still adorns billions of keys. Yale drew his inspiration from the Egyptian pin-and-bolt locks which were made of wood. In 1850 his son, Linus Yale, Jr. began working on improving his father’s pin tumbler lock. Linus Yale, Jr.'s 1865 patent for a pin-tumbler lock and key was a drastic improvement over previous models, and is the basis for pin-tumbler locks since.
1850 The 41-year-old poet Alfred Tennyson, who had never kissed another woman, married the 37 year old Emily Sellwood at Shiplake, Oxfordshire on June 13, 1850. They had a happy marriage. The devoted, steady, dutiful Emily kept house and managed her poet husband's writing tasks, becoming a secretary for him. Tennyson and Emily doted on their children, Hallam and Lionel who were made to wear dove colored frocks and had long golden hair.
1886 The Great Vancouver Fire on June 13, 1886, razed the entire city. Few buildings survived. Vancouver was quickly rebuilt and its population grew to over 20,000 by the turn of the century and 100,000 by 1911.
1893 On June 13, 1893, during his second term, President Grover Cleveland noticed a rough spot in his mouth, which turned out to be cancer. Fearing news of this might cause financial panic, he underwent secret surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw on his friend’s yacht off the coast of Long Island, under the cover story of being on a 4-day fishing trip. The operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
1895 One of the first motor races in history took place on June 13, 1895 from Paris to Bordeaux and back to Paris. The winning time by Paul Koechlin was 49 hours averaging 15mph. Koechlin was a second cousin to Maurice Koechlin, the structural engineer of the Eiffel Tower.
1920 Up to June 13, 1920, parents had used the US postal service to post their children in order to save rail fares. On that date, sending children by Parcel Post was officially forbidden with the ruling that children are not "bees and bugs", the only postable livestock.
1927 A ticker-tape parade was held for Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in New York City on June 13, 1927. It was to celebrate his solo nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France. 1,750 tons of ticker tape was used. The feat made Lindbergh the most famous person in the world, the first global celebrity and the prototype of the All American hero. However, he was a reluctant hero.
1944 The first of more than 9,000 German V1 flying bombs, nicknamed doodlebugs, was fired on June 13, 1944. It struck London next to the railway bridge on Grove Road, Mile End and eight civilians were killed in the blast. 9,000 doodlebugs were fired at Britain during the latter stages of World War II, killing more than 6,000 people and injuring more than 18,000.
1948 On June 13, 1948 Babe Ruth visited Yankee Stadium for the final time in his life, appearing at the 25th anniversary celebrations of "The House that Ruth Built". His number 3 was retired that day. Babe Ruth was 53 years old at the time and had been diagnosed with throat cancer just a few months earlier. He was frail and thin, but he was still able to raise his arms in triumph as the crowd cheered him on. He died just six months later.
1970 "The Long and Winding Road" became The Beatles' last U.S. #1 song on June 13, 1970. It was the only Beatles song where John Lennon played bass. He was ordinarily their rhythm guitarist. Harrison and Ringo had their parts removed by Phil Spector, so they don't appear on this at all.
1985 Ken Allen (1971–2000) was a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo. He became famous for escaping from his enclosure on three occasions in 1985. During his escapes, first on June 13, then on July 29 and finally on August 13, 1985, Ken Allen would peacefully stroll around the zoo looking at other animals and never acted aggressively.
2010 A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returned to Earth on June 13, 2010. After arriving at Itokawa, in November 2005, Hayabusa landed on the asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft for analysis.
2016 Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is married to former Miss California USA, Nicole Johnson. They secretly tied the knot on June 13, 2016, which was reported four months later. The ceremony was attended by only a few close friends and family members. They had a second, more formal wedding ceremony in October 2016 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
2016 Queen Elizabeth II of the UK had two birthdays: one on her actual birthday, April 21, and one on a Saturday in June because April weather is too cold for a birthday parade. The official birthday celebration is called Trooping the Colour; first performed during the reign of King Charles II (1660–1685), in 1748 it was decided that the parade of Trooping the Colour should mark the official birthday of the Sovereign. It is a major event in the British royal calendar.
2019 British comedian Tony Hawks became so frustrated with being mistaken for pro skateboarder Tony Hawk that he published a book on June 13, 2019 titled Tony Hawk's The A to Z of Skateboarding. It contains nothing about skateboarding.
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| Francisco de Zurbarán - Sto Antonio de Padua |
1325 Born into a family of Islamic legal scholars in Tangier, Morocco, 21-year-old Ibn Battuta set off on June 13, 1325 on pilgrimage to Mecca. Rather than taking the usual 16 months, he traveled for 24 years, exploring Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Developing the travel bug, he became one of the world's foremost explorers, touring India, China and the Horn of Africa.
1514 Henry Grace à Dieu, built at the Woolwich Dockyard in England, was dedicated June 13, 1514. At over 1,000 tons (907,000 kgs) it was the largest warship in the world at the time. Henry Grace à Dieu featured numerous advancements and innovations, including multiple gun decks, heavy artillery, and improved structural design.
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| Henry Grace à Dieu as depicted in the Anthony Roll. |
1525 During religious disturbances, Martin Luther was instrumental in the escape of a dozen nuns, who had been hiding in remote villages after becoming convinced of the truth of Lutheran theology. Making it his business to find them husbands in their new homes, Luther discovered two years later that one of them, Katharina Von Bara, was still unattached, so he married her himself on June 13, 1525. They lived together happily for the rest of Luther's life.
1525 After his marriage to the nun Katharina Von Bara on June 13, 1525, Martin Luther took the Augustian monastery in Wittenburg as married quarters. The Luthers lived in the "Black Cloister;" formerly his home as a monk. Luther's marriage to Katharina kick started the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions. The reformer said he could find no trace in the Gospels of the vows of chastity taken by monks and nuns.
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| Portrait of Catherine von Bora by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526 |
1625 Charles I of England married the Catholic French princess Henrietta Maria, the Catholic youngest daughter of Henry IV of France in Canterbury on June 13, 1625. She was 15 at the time and was tiny, very dark and had terrible teeth. Henrietta was a devoted wife despite spending much of her time either pouting or weeping. They had nine children with three sons and three daughters surviving infancy. Henrietta lost one child in 1628 when the midwife fainted with fright.
1645 Miyamoto Musashi of Japan who died on June 13, 1645, was regarded as one of the greatest swordsmen of all time. He won his first duel at the age of 12, beating his Samurai opponent to death with his wooden sword. Musashi became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai). He is considered the Kensei, sword-saint of Japan.
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| Miyamoto Musashi wielding two bokken. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. |
1782 The last European witch to be executed, Anna Göldi, was decapitated in Switzerland on June 13, 1782. A maid working for the Tschudi family, Jakob Tschudi reported her for having put needles in the bread and milk of one of his daughters, apparently through supernatural means. Under torture, she admitted to entering in a pact with the Devil, who had appeared to her as a black dog. Göldi withdrew her confession after the torture ended, but was sentenced to execution by decapitation.
1789 Before the Revolution, France was divided into three Estates. The First Estate was the Clergy, The Second Estate was the Nobility and the remainder of the population made up the Third Estate. The members of the Third Estate were angry that they were being taxed the most when they were the poorest group of people. The Third Estate decided to break away and start their own assembly where every member would get a vote. On June 13, 1789, they started the National Assembly.
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| Mirabeau's defiance in front of the marquis de Dreux-Brézé on 23 June 1789 |
1789 Ice cream was introduced to the United States by Quaker colonists who brought their ice cream recipes with them. On June 13, 1789, George Washington became the first US president to eat ice-cream, when he was served the dessert at a dinner party given by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. Washington enjoyed the ice cream and bought a "cream machine for making ice" of his own. He spent $200 on ice cream during the summer of 1790, which equals roughly $5,100 in today's money.
1842 Queen Victoria was the first British monarch to travel by train. On June 13, 1842 the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Prince Albert accompanied her on the inaugural royal train journey, from Slough (near Windsor Castle) to Bishop's Bridge (near Paddington). The first royal train trip lasted only 25 minutes. Two years earlier, Queen Adelaide had become the first member of the British Royal Family to travel by railway when she took a train from Nottingham to Leeds.
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| A special carriage built by the London and Birmingham Railway in 1842 for Queen Adelaide |
1844 The pin-tumbler lock or Yale lock was invented on June 13, 1844 by lock shop owner Linus Yale Sr, whose name still adorns billions of keys. Yale drew his inspiration from the Egyptian pin-and-bolt locks which were made of wood. In 1850 his son, Linus Yale, Jr. began working on improving his father’s pin tumbler lock. Linus Yale, Jr.'s 1865 patent for a pin-tumbler lock and key was a drastic improvement over previous models, and is the basis for pin-tumbler locks since.
1850 The 41-year-old poet Alfred Tennyson, who had never kissed another woman, married the 37 year old Emily Sellwood at Shiplake, Oxfordshire on June 13, 1850. They had a happy marriage. The devoted, steady, dutiful Emily kept house and managed her poet husband's writing tasks, becoming a secretary for him. Tennyson and Emily doted on their children, Hallam and Lionel who were made to wear dove colored frocks and had long golden hair.
1886 The Great Vancouver Fire on June 13, 1886, razed the entire city. Few buildings survived. Vancouver was quickly rebuilt and its population grew to over 20,000 by the turn of the century and 100,000 by 1911.
1893 On June 13, 1893, during his second term, President Grover Cleveland noticed a rough spot in his mouth, which turned out to be cancer. Fearing news of this might cause financial panic, he underwent secret surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw on his friend’s yacht off the coast of Long Island, under the cover story of being on a 4-day fishing trip. The operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
1895 One of the first motor races in history took place on June 13, 1895 from Paris to Bordeaux and back to Paris. The winning time by Paul Koechlin was 49 hours averaging 15mph. Koechlin was a second cousin to Maurice Koechlin, the structural engineer of the Eiffel Tower.
1920 Up to June 13, 1920, parents had used the US postal service to post their children in order to save rail fares. On that date, sending children by Parcel Post was officially forbidden with the ruling that children are not "bees and bugs", the only postable livestock.
1927 A ticker-tape parade was held for Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in New York City on June 13, 1927. It was to celebrate his solo nonstop flight from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France. 1,750 tons of ticker tape was used. The feat made Lindbergh the most famous person in the world, the first global celebrity and the prototype of the All American hero. However, he was a reluctant hero.
1944 The first of more than 9,000 German V1 flying bombs, nicknamed doodlebugs, was fired on June 13, 1944. It struck London next to the railway bridge on Grove Road, Mile End and eight civilians were killed in the blast. 9,000 doodlebugs were fired at Britain during the latter stages of World War II, killing more than 6,000 people and injuring more than 18,000.
1948 On June 13, 1948 Babe Ruth visited Yankee Stadium for the final time in his life, appearing at the 25th anniversary celebrations of "The House that Ruth Built". His number 3 was retired that day. Babe Ruth was 53 years old at the time and had been diagnosed with throat cancer just a few months earlier. He was frail and thin, but he was still able to raise his arms in triumph as the crowd cheered him on. He died just six months later.
1970 "The Long and Winding Road" became The Beatles' last U.S. #1 song on June 13, 1970. It was the only Beatles song where John Lennon played bass. He was ordinarily their rhythm guitarist. Harrison and Ringo had their parts removed by Phil Spector, so they don't appear on this at all.
1985 Ken Allen (1971–2000) was a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo. He became famous for escaping from his enclosure on three occasions in 1985. During his escapes, first on June 13, then on July 29 and finally on August 13, 1985, Ken Allen would peacefully stroll around the zoo looking at other animals and never acted aggressively.
2010 A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returned to Earth on June 13, 2010. After arriving at Itokawa, in November 2005, Hayabusa landed on the asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft for analysis.
2016 Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is married to former Miss California USA, Nicole Johnson. They secretly tied the knot on June 13, 2016, which was reported four months later. The ceremony was attended by only a few close friends and family members. They had a second, more formal wedding ceremony in October 2016 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
2016 Queen Elizabeth II of the UK had two birthdays: one on her actual birthday, April 21, and one on a Saturday in June because April weather is too cold for a birthday parade. The official birthday celebration is called Trooping the Colour; first performed during the reign of King Charles II (1660–1685), in 1748 it was decided that the parade of Trooping the Colour should mark the official birthday of the Sovereign. It is a major event in the British royal calendar.
2019 British comedian Tony Hawks became so frustrated with being mistaken for pro skateboarder Tony Hawk that he published a book on June 13, 2019 titled Tony Hawk's The A to Z of Skateboarding. It contains nothing about skateboarding.
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