What is February 13?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1322]] &ndash; The central [[tower]] of [[Ely Cathedral]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]], falls. * [[1462]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Westminster]] is finalized between [[Edward IV of England]] and the Scottish [[Lord of the Isles]]. * [[1503]] &ndash; Disfida di Barletta: A tournament between 13 [[Italy|Italian]] and 13 [[France|French]] knights takes place near Barletta. * [[1542]] &ndash; [[Catherine Howard]], fifth wife of King [[Henry VIII of England]], is executed for [[adultery]]. * [[1575]] &ndash; [[Henry III of France]] is crowned King. * [[1633]] &ndash; [[Galileo Galilei]] arrives in [[Rome]] for his trial before the inquisition. * [[1660]] &ndash; [[Charles XI of Sweden]] becomes [[King]] at the age of 4 years, meaning that a [[regent]] rules [[Sweden]] until [[1672]]. * [[1668]] &ndash; [[Spain]] recognizes [[Portugal]] as an independent country. * [[1689]] &ndash; [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] are crowned King and Queen of [[England]], [[Ireland]] and [[Scotland]]. * [[1692]] &ndash; At least thirty members of the MacDonald Clan are massacred in [[Glencoe]], [[Scotland]]. * [[1739]] &ndash; [[Battle of Karnal]]: The [[army]] of [[Persia]]n ruler [[Nadir Shah]] defeats the forces of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] of [[India]], [[Muhammad Shah]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; British passenger steamer ''Tempest'' disappears in the North [[Atlantic Ocean]] after leaving [[New York City]], with 150 people on board. * [[1858]] &ndash; Searching for the source of the [[Nile]], [[Richard Francis Burton]] and [[John Hanning Speke]] become the first Europeans to reach [[Lake Tanganyika]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[Francis II of the Two Sicilies]] surrenders at Gaeta to the army of [[Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy]]. * [[1880]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] observes the Edison effect. * [[1881]] &ndash; The [[Feminism|feminist]] [[newspaper]] ''La Citoyenne'' is first published in [[Paris]] by the [[activist]] [[Hubertine Aucler