What is June 13?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1960 === * [[313]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Milan]], signed by [[Constantine the Great]] and co–[[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] [[Valerius Licinius]] granting [[Freedom of religion|religious freedom]] throughout the [[Roman Empire]], is posted in [[Nicomedia]]. * [[1373]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373|Anglo-Portuguese Alliance]] takes effect. * [[1381]] &ndash; The [[Peasants' Revolt]] in [[England]], led by [[Wat Tyler]], ends in the burning of the [[Savoy Palace]]. * [[1525]] &ndash; [[Martin Luther]] marries [[Katharina von Bora]]. * [[1625]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England|Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland]] marries [[Henrietta Maria of France]]. * [[1665]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Dutch War]]: [[England|English]] victory at the naval [[Battle of Lowestoft]]. * [[1733]] &ndash; The island of [[Croix]] in the [[Caribbean]] goes from French control to the Danish West India Company. * [[1740]] &ndash; In the present-day [[United States]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'s Governor [[James Oglethorpe]] begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish [[Florida]] during the [[Siege of Saint Augustine]]. * [[1774]] &ndash; [[Rhode Island]] bans the import of slaves. * [[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Marquis de Lafayette]] lands near [[Charleston, South Carolina]], in order to help the [[Continental Congress]] to train its army. * [[1805]] &ndash; [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]]: [[Meriwether Lewis]] and four companions see the [[Great Falls (Missouri River)|Great Falls]] on the [[Missouri River]]. * [[1858]] &ndash; Up to 250 passengers are killed in an [[explosion]] on the paddle steamer ''Pennsylvania'' on the [[Mississippi River]], near [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. * [[1881]] &ndash; The USS ''Jeannette'' is crushed in an [[Arctic Ocean]] [[ice]] pack. * [[1886]] &ndash; A [[fire]] destroys much of [[Vancouver]]. * [[1886]] &ndash; [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] is found dead in the [[Starnberger See]] (Starnberg Lake). His doctor was also found dead. The