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August 13

August 13 carries 10 recorded events spanning between -29 and 2004. Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on August 13?

August 13 is the 225th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between -29 and 2004. Famous people born on August 13 include Alfred Hitchcock, Fidel Castro and Román Colón.

The shape of the day

August 13 carries an unusually long memory — its events reach back as far as 29 BC. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Leo is the sign for August 13 — read more on the Leo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on August 13

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game The Bazaar

2024

  • Game Hidden Through Time 2: Discovery

2023

  • TV Natural High

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. -29

    Augustus

    Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.

  2. 582

    Maurice (emperor)

    Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

  3. 1650

    George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

    Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.

  4. 1704

    War of the Spanish Succession

    War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.

  5. 1724

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, a chorale cantata on a famous tune.

  6. 1868

    1868 Arica earthquake

    The 8.5–9.0 Mw Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.

  7. 1906

    25th Infantry Regiment (United States)

    The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)

  8. 1940

    World War II

    World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, during the Battle of Britain in an attempt to destroy the British Royal Air Force.

  9. 1960

    Central African Republic

    The Central African Republic declares independence from France.

  10. 2004

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 13

Alfred Hitchcock

b. 1899

English-American director and producer

Fidel Castro

b. 1926

Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba

Román Colón

b. 1979

Dominican baseball player

Moritz Bleibtreu

b. 1971

German actor

Thomas Pogge

b. 1953

German philosopher and academic

Samuel de Champlain

b. 1567

French explorer

Karl Liebknecht

b. 1871

German politician, co-founded Communist Party of Germany

Richard Willstätter

b. 1872

German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate

Deaths

  • 1946H. G. Wells
  • 1917Eduard Buchner
  • 1910Florence Nightingale
  • 1865Ignaz Semmelweis
  • 1863Eugène Delacroix
  • 604Emperor Wen of Sui

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Benedetto Sinigardi
  • —Christian feast day: Benildus Romançon
  • —Christian feast day: Centola and Helen
  • —Christian feast day: Cassian of Imola
  • —Christian feast day: Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Fachtna of Rosscarbery
  • —Christian feast day: Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Herulph

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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