August 13 in History

13 August in History – 175 years ago

Surrender at Világos
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Starting on 13 August 1854

Allies take Bomarsund, Aland Is.

All Events on 13 August

ends   2001
Albanian insurgency in northern Macedonia
  1961
East Germany seals off border between East and West Berlin, beginning construction of Berlin Wall
  1960
Central African Rep. gains independence from France
starts   1937
Battle of Shanghai between Japan and Nationalist China
ends   1898
US defeats Spain in Spanish-American War
  1898
United States captures Manila
ends   1896
Nansen leaves Fram & attempts to march to North Pole
  1877
British Western Pacific Territories established
  1859
North-Western Territory assigned to Hudson’s Bay Company
ends   1855
British briefly occupy Ayan
starts   1854
Allies take Bomarsund, Aland Is.
  1850
Russians begin settling Amur region, founding Nikolayevsky Post
  1849
Hungarians surrender to Russians at Világos
ends   1846
US conquers California
  1814
British agree to restore Dutch colonies
ends   1521
Cuauhtémoc leads final Aztec resistance
ends   1521
Cortés gains control of Lake Texcoco
ends   1521
Cortés captures Tenochtitlan, ending Aztec Empire
  428
Aetius defeats Franks near Rhine*
ends   418
Roman authority restored in northern Gaul*
  408
Army in Ticinum mutinies against Stilicho
ends   253
Trebonianus Gallus rules Roman Empire*
  253
Aemilian deposes Gallus at Interamna Nahars*
ends   117
Artemion’s Jewish uprising in Cyprus*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 13 August for purposes of Omniatlas

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