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By Day: Historical Events on March 13th

Explore key moments from this day in history, organized by year. Dates for earlier events may be approximate.

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81 CE, March 13

Roman Emperor Titus, famous for completing the Colosseum, dies.

1009 CE, March 13

First known mention of Lithuania in historical chronicles.

1101 CE, March 13

Crusaders besiege Sidon but fail to capture it during the Crusade of 1101.

1138 CE, March 13

Conrad III is crowned as the King of Germany.

1258 CE, March 13

The Mongols under Hulagu Khan capture and sack Baghdad, effectively ending the Abbasid Caliphate.

1274 CE, March 13

1274, March 13 - The Second Council of Lyon opens under Pope Gregory X.

1504 CE, March 13

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain from his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.

1519 CE, March 13

Cortés lands in Mexico.

1561 CE, March 13

A transit of Venus occurs, observed by a small group of astronomers.

1611 CE, March 13

Johannes Fabricius discovers sunspots.

1781 CE, March 13

Astronomer William Herschel Identifies Uranus as the Seventh Planet. More

1848 CE, March 13

The German composer Richard Strauss is born.

1881 CE, March 13

Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia, is assassinated in Saint Petersburg, Russia on his way back to the Winter Palace from Mikhailovsky Manège. The assassination was planned and executed by the Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will") organization. The assassination is popularly considered to be the most successful action by the Russian nihilist movement of the 19th century.

2013 CE, March 13

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas.

2013 CE, March 13

Pope Francis is elected as the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas.

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