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On This Day · The 194th day of the year

July 13

July 13's record stretches 428 years, from 1586 to 2014. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

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

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 13?

July 13 is the 194th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1586 and 2014. Famous people born on July 13 include Alberto Ascari, Stan Coveleski and Jurelang Zedkaia.

Released on July 13

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game The Bingo Room
  • TV Burn the House Down

2022

  • Game Escape Academy
  • Game Loopmancer

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1586

    Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

  2. 1643

    English Civil War

  3. 1794

    Battle of Trippstadt

  4. 1930

    1930 FIFA World Cup

  5. 1941

    World War II

  6. 1973

    Watergate scandal

  7. 1977

    Somalia

  8. 2003

    Directorate General for External Security

  9. 2013

    Typhoon Soulik (2013)

  10. 2014

    Germany national football team

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 13

Alberto Ascari

b. 1918

Stan Coveleski

b. 1889

Jurelang Zedkaia

b. 1950

Patrick Stewart

b. 1940

Ma Ying-jeou

b. 1950

Wole Soyinka

b. 1934

Dorothy Round

b. 1908

Deaths

  • 2017Liu Xiaobo
  • 2014Nadine Gordimer
  • 1954Frida Kahlo
  • 1399Peter Parler
  • 1105Rashi
  • 716Emperor Ruizong of Tang

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih
  • —Christian feast day: Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Clelia Barbieri
  • —Christian feast day: Conrad Weiser (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: Eugenius of Carthage
  • —Christian feast day: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
  • —Christian feast day: Jacobus de Voragine
  • —Christian feast day: Mildrith of Thanet

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn 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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