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| May 13th, 2008 (May 13 2008) | Death | Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait (born in 1930) | |
| May 13th, 2008 (May 13 2008) | Death | Ron Stone, American television reporter (born in 1936) | |
| May 13th, 2007 (May 13 2007) | Event | Construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge between Romania and Bulgaria begins. | |
| May 13th, 2007 (May 13 2007) | Event | Republic Protests in Turkey. | |
| May 13th, 2006 (May 13 2006) | Event | 2006 Sao Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil. | |
| May 13th, 2006 (May 13 2006) | Death | Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (born in 1923) | |
| May 13th, 2006 (May 13 2006) | Death | Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (born in 1949) | |
| May 13th, 2005 (May 13 2005) | Event | The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan. | |
| May 13th, 2005 (May 13 2005) | Death | George Dantzig, American mathematician (born in 1914) | |
| May 13th, 2005 (May 13 2005) | Death | Michael Ross, American serial killer (born in 1959) | |
| May 13th, 2005 (May 13 2005) | Death | Eddie Barclay, French record producer (born in 1921) | |
| May 13th, 2002 (May 13 2002) | Death | Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born in 1939) | |
| May 13th, 2002 (May 13 2002) | Death | Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (born in 1925) | |
| May 13th, 2001 (May 13 2001) | Event | Silvio Berlusconi s House of Freedoms coalition wins the Italian general elections. | |
| May 13th, 2001 (May 13 2001) | Death | R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (born in 1906) | |
| May 13th, 2001 (May 13 2001) | Death | Jason Miller, American playwright (born in 1939) | |
| May 13th, 2000 (May 13 2000) | Event | In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately ?450 million in damage. | |
| May 13th, 2000 (May 13 2000) | Death | Paul Bartel, American actor (born in 1938) | |
| May 13th, 1999 (May 13 1999) | Death | Gene Sarazen, American golfer (born in 1902) | |
| May 13th, 1998 (May 13 1998) | Event | Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women raped. | |
| May 13th, 1998 (May 13 1998) | Event | India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. | |
| May 13th, 1996 (May 13 1996) | Event | Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. | |
| May 13th, 1994 (May 13 1994) | Event | Johnny Carson makes last television appearance on The David Letterman Show. | David Letterman Quotes |
| May 13th, 1994 (May 13 1994) | Death | Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (born in 1920) | |
| May 13th, 1992 (May 13 1992) | Death | F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (born in 1909) | |
| May 13th, 1989 (May 13 1989) | Event | Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike. | |
| May 13th, 1988 (May 13 1988) | Death | Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter (born in 1929) | |
| May 13th, 1987 (May 13 1987) | Birth | Hunter Parrish, American actor | |
| May 13th, 1986 (May 13 1986) | Birth | Giuliana Marino, Playboy Playmate of the Year, Germany 2005 | |
| May 13th, 1986 (May 13 1986) | Birth | Robert Pattinson, English actor | |
| May 13th, 1986 (May 13 1986) | Birth | Scott Sutter, Swiss footballer | |
| May 13th, 1985 (May 13 1985) | Event | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police storm MOVE headquarters to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. | |
| May 13th, 1985 (May 13 1985) | Birth | Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 13th, 1985 (May 13 1985) | Death | Leatrice Joy, American actress (born in 1893) | |
| May 13th, 1984 (May 13 1984) | Birth | Caitlin Murphy, Australian actress and Model | |
| May 13th, 1983 (May 13 1983) | Birth | Casey Donovan, Australian singer | |
| May 13th, 1983 (May 13 1983) | Birth | Gregory Lemarchal, French singer (died in 2007) | |
| May 13th, 1983 (May 13 1983) | Birth | Yaya Toure, Ivorian footballer | |
| May 13th, 1982 (May 13 1982) | Birth | Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol | |
| May 13th, 1982 (May 13 1982) | Birth | Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer | |
| May 13th, 1981 (May 13 1981) | Event | Mehmet Ali Agca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter s Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives. | |
| May 13th, 1981 (May 13 1981) | Birth | Jimmy Yang, American wrestler | |
| May 13th, 1981 (May 13 1981) | Birth | Sunny Leone, Canadian model | |
| May 13th, 1981 (May 13 1981) | Birth | Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress | |
| May 13th, 1980 (May 13 1980) | Event | An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area. | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
| May 13th, 1980 (May 13 1980) | Birth | Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress | |
| May 13th, 1980 (May 13 1980) | Birth | Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer | |
| May 13th, 1979 (May 13 1979) | Birth | Prince Carl Philip of Sweden | |
| May 13th, 1979 (May 13 1979) | Birth | Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5) | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Mike Bibby, American basketball player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Barry Zito, American baseball player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Steve Mildenhall, English football player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer | |
| May 13th, 1977 (May 13 1977) | Birth | Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer | |
| May 13th, 1977 (May 13 1977) | Birth | Neil Hopkins, American actor | |
| May 13th, 1977 (May 13 1977) | Birth | Samantha Morton, English actress | |
| May 13th, 1977 (May 13 1977) | Birth | Robby Hammock, baseball player | |
| May 13th, 1976 (May 13 1976) | Birth | Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer | |
| May 13th, 1975 (May 13 1975) | Death | Bob Wills, American musician (born in 1905) | |
| May 13th, 1974 (May 13 1974) | Birth | Brian Geraghty, American actor | |
| May 13th, 1974 (May 13 1974) | Birth | Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat) | |
| May 13th, 1974 (May 13 1974) | Death | Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican writer (born in 1902) | |
| May 13th, 1972 (May 13 1972) | Event | Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators cause 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths. | |
| May 13th, 1972 (May 13 1972) | Birth | Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer | |
| May 13th, 1972 (May 13 1972) | Death | Dan Blocker, American actor (born in 1928) | |
| May 13th, 1971 (May 13 1971) | Birth | Tom Nalen, American football player | |
| May 13th, 1969 (May 13 1969) | Event | Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | |
| May 13th, 1969 (May 13 1969) | Birth | Andre Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk) | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | Alison Goldfrapp, English musician | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | Buckethead, Guitarist | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | Miguel Angel Blanco, Spanish politician (died in 1997) | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | PMD, American rapper | |
| May 13th, 1967 (May 13 1967) | Event | Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He holds this position till August 24, 1969. | |
| May 13th, 1967 (May 13 1967) | Birth | Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (died in 2001) | Chuck D Quotes |
| May 13th, 1967 (May 13 1967) | Birth | Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer, former member of La Bouche. (died in 2001) | |
| May 13th, 1966 (May 13 1966) | Birth | Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish) | |
| May 13th, 1966 (May 13 1966) | Birth | Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host | |
| May 13th, 1966 (May 13 1966) | Birth | Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer | |
| May 13th, 1965 (May 13 1965) | Birth | Jose Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (died in 2006) | |
| May 13th, 1965 (May 13 1965) | Birth | Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian | |
| May 13th, 1965 (May 13 1965) | Birth | Tasmin Little, English violinist | |
| May 13th, 1965 (May 13 1965) | Birth | Lari White, American country music singer | |
| May 13th, 1964 (May 13 1964) | Birth | Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor | Stephen Colbert Quotes |
| May 13th, 1964 (May 13 1964) | Birth | Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder | |
| May 13th, 1964 (May 13 1964) | Birth | Tom Verica, American actor | |
| May 13th, 1963 (May 13 1963) | Birth | Wally Masur, Australian former tennis player | |
| May 13th, 1963 (May 13 1963) | Death | Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazi war criminals escape (born in 1885) | |
| May 13th, 1962 (May 13 1962) | Birth | Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (died in 2003) | |
| May 13th, 1962 (May 13 1962) | Birth | Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet | |
| May 13th, 1962 (May 13 1962) | Birth | Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster | |
| May 13th, 1962 (May 13 1962) | Birth | Paul McDermott, Australian comedian | |
| May 13th, 1962 (May 13 1962) | Death | Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (born in 1893) | |
| May 13th, 1961 (May 13 1961) | Birth | Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor | |
| May 13th, 1961 (May 13 1961) | Death | Gary Cooper, American actor (born in 1901) | |
| May 13th, 1960 (May 13 1960) | Event | Hundreds of UC Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born. | |
| May 13th, 1958 (May 13 1958) | Event | During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon s car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. | |
| May 13th, 1958 (May 13 1958) | Event | The trade mark Velcro is registered. | |
| May 13th, 1957 (May 13 1957) | Birth | Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer | |
| May 13th, 1957 (May 13 1957) | Birth | Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer (Ring, Dark Water) | |
| May 13th, 1957 (May 13 1957) | Birth | Andrea Klump, German terrorist | |
| May 13th, 1956 (May 13 1956) | Birth | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation | Ravi Shankar Quotes |
| May 13th, 1956 (May 13 1956) | Birth | Richard Madeley, Television presenter | |
| May 13th, 1954 (May 13 1954) | Event | The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place. | |
| May 13th, 1954 (May 13 1954) | Birth | Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter | |
| May 13th, 1952 (May 13 1952) | Event | The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting. | |
| May 13th, 1952 (May 13 1952) | Birth | John Kasich, U.S. Republican Congressman | |
| May 13th, 1951 (May 13 1951) | Birth | Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| May 13th, 1951 (May 13 1951) | Birth | Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont | |
| May 13th, 1951 (May 13 1951) | Birth | Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music) | |
| May 13th, 1950 (May 13 1950) | Event | The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone. | |
| May 13th, 1950 (May 13 1950) | Birth | Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician | |
| May 13th, 1950 (May 13 1950) | Birth | Danny Kirwan, British musician (Fleetwood Mac) | |
| May 13th, 1950 (May 13 1950) | Birth | Bobby Valentine, Major League baseball manager | |
| May 13th, 1949 (May 13 1949) | Birth | Zoe Wanamaker, English-American actress | |
| May 13th, 1948 (May 13 1948) | Event | 1948 Arab-Israeli War: the Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14. | |
| May 13th, 1947 (May 13 1947) | Birth | Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor | |
| May 13th, 1945 (May 13 1945) | Birth | Sam Anderson, American actor | |
| May 13th, 1945 (May 13 1945) | Birth | Magic Dick, American musician (The J. Geils Band) | |
| May 13th, 1945 (May 13 1945) | Death | Tubby Hall, American musician (born in 1895) | |
| May 13th, 1944 (May 13 1944) | Birth | Armistead Maupin, American author | |
| May 13th, 1943 (May 13 1943) | Event | World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces. | |
| May 13th, 1943 (May 13 1943) | Birth | Mary Wells, American singer (died in 1992) | |
| May 13th, 1941 (May 13 1941) | Event | World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailovic starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance. | |
| May 13th, 1941 (May 13 1941) | Birth | Senta Berger, Austrian actress | |
| May 13th, 1941 (May 13 1941) | Birth | Joe Brown, British singer | |
| May 13th, 1941 (May 13 1941) | Birth | Ritchie Valens, American singer (died in 1959) | |
| May 13th, 1941 (May 13 1941) | Birth | Jody Conradt, American collage basketball coach | |
| May 13th, 1940 (May 13 1940) | Event | World War II: Germany s conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse River. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| May 13th, 1940 (May 13 1940) | Event | Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees the Nazi invasion in the Netherlands to Great Britain. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety. | Lee Child Quotes |
| May 13th, 1940 (May 13 1940) | Birth | Bruce Chatwin, British writer (died in 1989) | Bruce Chatwin Quotes |
| May 13th, 1939 (May 13 1939) | Event | The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM. | |
| May 13th, 1939 (May 13 1939) | Birth | Harvey Keitel, American actor | |
| May 13th, 1939 (May 13 1939) | Birth | Hildrun Claus, German athlete | |
| May 13th, 1938 (May 13 1938) | Birth | Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier) | |
| May 13th, 1938 (May 13 1938) | Birth | Giuliano Amato, Italian politician | |
| May 13th, 1938 (May 13 1938) | Death | Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1861) | |
| May 13th, 1937 (May 13 1937) | Birth | Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist | |
| May 13th, 1937 (May 13 1937) | Birth | Roger Zelazny, American author (died in 1995) | |
| May 13th, 1937 (May 13 1937) | Birth | Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio | |
| May 13th, 1937 (May 13 1937) | Birth | Zohra Lampert, American actress | |
| May 13th, 1937 (May 13 1937) | Death | Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (born in 1858) | Joseph Stalin Quotes |
| May 13th, 1935 (May 13 1935) | Birth | Dominic Cossa, American baritone | |
| May 13th, 1934 (May 13 1934) | Birth | Leon Wagner, baseball player (died in 2004) | |
| May 13th, 1931 (May 13 1931) | Birth | Jim Jones, American cult leader (died in 1978) | Jim Jones Quotes |
| May 13th, 1930 (May 13 1930) | Birth | Mike Gravel, Former Democratic Senator of Alaska and 2008 Presidential Candidate | |
| May 13th, 1930 (May 13 1930) | Birth | Jose Jimenez Lozano, Spanish writer | |
| May 13th, 1930 (May 13 1930) | Birth | Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica | |
| May 13th, 1930 (May 13 1930) | Death | Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Peace Prize winner (born in 1861) | |
| May 13th, 1928 (May 13 1928) | Birth | Edouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter | |
| May 13th, 1928 (May 13 1928) | Birth | Enrique Bolanos, President of Nicaragua | |
| May 13th, 1928 (May 13 1928) | Birth | Jim Shoulders, Champion Rodeo Cowboy | |
| May 13th, 1927 (May 13 1927) | Birth | Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (died in 1958) | |
| May 13th, 1927 (May 13 1927) | Birth | Herbert Ross, American director (died in 2001) | |
| May 13th, 1926 (May 13 1926) | Birth | Wallace Breem, British author | |
| May 13th, 1926 (May 13 1926) | Death | Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (born in 1857) | |
| May 13th, 1925 (May 13 1925) | Death | Boris Savinkov, Russian writer and terrorist (born in 1879) | |
| May 13th, 1924 (May 13 1924) | Birth | Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US | |
| May 13th, 1924 (May 13 1924) | Birth | Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director | |
| May 13th, 1922 (May 13 1922) | Birth | Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (died in 1978) | |
| May 13th, 1922 (May 13 1922) | Birth | Beatrice Arthur, American actress | |
| May 13th, 1921 (May 13 1921) | Death | Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (born in 1848) | |
| May 13th, 1920 (May 13 1920) | Birth | Gareth Morris, British flautist (died in 2007) | |
| May 13th, 1918 (May 13 1918) | Birth | T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.1984) | |
| May 13th, 1916 (May 13 1916) | Death | Sholom Aleichem, Russian author (born in 1859) | |
| May 13th, 1914 (May 13 1914) | Birth | Joe Louis, American boxer (died in 1981) | Joe Louis Quotes |
| May 13th, 1913 (May 13 1913) | Event | Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft. | |
| May 13th, 1913 (May 13 1913) | Birth | William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian president (died in 1980) | |
| May 13th, 1913 (May 13 1913) | Birth | Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (died in 1985) | |
| May 13th, 1912 (May 13 1912) | Event | The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom. | |
| May 13th, 1912 (May 13 1912) | Birth | Gil Evans, Canadian musician (died in 1988) | Evans Quotes |
| May 13th, 1912 (May 13 1912) | Birth | Judah Nadich, American rabbi (died in 2007) | |
| May 13th, 1911 (May 13 1911) | Birth | Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (died in 1977) | |
| May 13th, 1909 (May 13 1909) | Event | The first Giro d Italia takes place in Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna is the winner. | |
| May 13th, 1907 (May 13 1907) | Birth | Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (died in 1989) | |
| May 13th, 1904 (May 13 1904) | Birth | Louis Duffus, South African cricketer (died in 1984) | |
| May 13th, 1903 (May 13 1903) | Death | Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theoretician and Prime Minister (born in 1864) | |
| May 13th, 1901 (May 13 1901) | Death | Leopoldo Alas y Urena, a.k.a. "Clarin", Spanish novelist and literary critic (born in 1851) | |
| May 13th, 1898 (May 13 1898) | Birth | Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (died in 2007) | |
| May 13th, 1894 (May 13 1894) | Birth | Asgeir Asgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (died in 1972) | |
| May 13th, 1888 (May 13 1888) | Event | With the passage of the Lei Aurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery. | |
| May 13th, 1885 (May 13 1885) | Death | Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (born in 1809) | |
| May 13th, 1884 (May 13 1884) | Death | Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (born in 1809) | |
| May 13th, 1883 (May 13 1883) | Birth | Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (died in 1962) | |
| May 13th, 1882 (May 13 1882) | Birth | Georges Braque, French painter (died in 1963) | |
| May 13th, 1880 (May 13 1880) | Event | In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. | |
| May 13th, 1871 (May 13 1871) | Death | Daniel Auber, French composer (born in 1782) | |
| May 13th, 1866 (May 13 1866) | Death | Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (born in 1796) | |
| May 13th, 1865 (May 13 1865) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch - in far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee s surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory. | Robert South Quotes |
| May 13th, 1864 (May 13 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Resaca - the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. | |
| May 13th, 1861 (May 13 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. | |
| May 13th, 1861 (May 13 1861) | Event | The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| May 13th, 1857 (May 13 1857) | Birth | Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died in 1932) | |
| May 13th, 1856 (May 13 1856) | Birth | Tom O Rourke, American boxing manager (died in 1938) | |
| May 13th, 1848 (May 13 1848) | Event | First performance of Finland s national anthem. | |
| May 13th, 1846 (May 13 1846) | Event | Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico. | |
| May 13th, 1842 (May 13 1842) | Birth | Arthur Sullivan, English composer (died in 1900) | |
| May 13th, 1840 (May 13 1840) | Birth | Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (died in 1897) | |
| May 13th, 1835 (May 13 1835) | Death | John Nash, English architect (born in 1752) | |
| May 13th, 1832 (May 13 1832) | Death | Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (born in 1769) | |
| May 13th, 1830 (May 13 1830) | Event | Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia. | |
| May 13th, 1830 (May 13 1830) | Birth | Zebulon Baird Vance, three-time governor of North Carolina (died in 1894) | |
| May 13th, 1822 (May 13 1822) | Birth | Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (died in 1902) | Francis of Assisi Quotes |
| May 13th, 1807 (May 13 1807) | Death | Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (born in 1721) | |
| May 13th, 1795 (May 13 1795) | Birth | Gerard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (died in 1875) | |
| May 13th, 1794 (May 13 1794) | Birth | Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (died in 1835) | |
| May 13th, 1792 (May 13 1792) | Birth | Pope Pius IX (died in 1878) | |
| May 13th, 1787 (May 13 1787) | Event | Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts (First Fleet) to establish a penal colony in Australia. | |
| May 13th, 1779 (May 13 1779) | Event | War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from them (the Innviertel). | |
| May 13th, 1753 (May 13 1753) | Birth | Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (died in 1823) | |
| May 13th, 1742 (May 13 1742) | Birth | Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (died in 1798) | |
| May 13th, 1742 (May 13 1742) | Death | Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (born in 1719) | |
| May 13th, 1730 (May 13 1730) | Birth | Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1782) | |
| May 13th, 1717 (May 13 1717) | Birth | Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (died in 1780) | |
| May 13th, 1712 (May 13 1712) | Birth | Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (died in 1772) | |
| May 13th, 1707 (May 13 1707) | Birth | Carl von Linne, Swedish scientist (died in 1778) | |
| May 13th, 1704 (May 13 1704) | Death | Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (born in 1632) | |
| May 13th, 1699 (May 13 1699) | Birth | Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (died in 1782) | |
| May 13th, 1655 (May 13 1655) | Birth | Pope Innocent XIII (died in 1724) | |
| May 13th, 1648 (May 13 1648) | Event | Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. | |
| May 13th, 1638 (May 13 1638) | Birth | Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (died in 1712) | |
| May 13th, 1619 (May 13 1619) | Event | Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. | |
| May 13th, 1619 (May 13 1619) | Death | Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (born in 1547) | |
| May 13th, 1588 (May 13 1588) | Birth | Ole Worm, Danish physician (died in 1654) | |
| May 13th, 1573 (May 13 1573) | Death | Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (born in 1521) | |
| May 13th, 1568 (May 13 1568) | Event | Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother. | |
| May 13th, 1497 (May 13 1497) | Event | Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| May 13th, 1312 (May 13 1312) | Death | Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1263) | |
| May 13th, 1254 (May 13 1254) | Birth | Maria of Brabant, queen of France (died in 1321) | |
| May 13th, 1176 (May 13 1176) | Death | Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1119) | |
| May 13th, 1162 (May 13 1162) | Death | Geza II of Hungary | |
| May 13th, 1024 (May 13 1024) | Birth | Hugh of Cluny, French saint (died in 1109) | |
