What is August 13?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[3113 B.C.]] &ndash; [[Maya Calendar]], started on this date (some sources give [[August 11]]). It ends either on [[December 21]] or [[December 23|23]], [[2012]]. Although some people thought the world would end in 2012, life continued as normal. * [[29 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in [[Rome]] to celebrate victory over the [[Dalmatia]]n tribes. * [[523]] &ndash; [[Pope John I|John]] succeeds [[Hormisdas]] as [[Pope]]. * [[582]] &ndash; [[Maurice (emperor)|Maurice]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]]. * [[1099]] &ndash; [[Pope Paschal II|Paschal II]] is elected [[Pope]]. * [[1315]] &ndash; [[Louis X of France]] marries Clemence d'Anjou. * [[1326]] &ndash; [[Aradia de Toscano]], according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a [[Diana (goddess)|Dianic]] [[witchcraft]] cult, subsequently founds the tradition of [[Stregheria]] later known as the [[Malandanti]]. * [[1415]] &ndash; [[Henry V of England]] lands at [[Chef-en-Caux]], [[France]] with 8000 men. * [[1516]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Noyon]] between [[France]] and [[Spain]] signed. In it, [[Francis I of France|Francis]] recognizes [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles]]'s claim to [[Naples]], and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to [[Milan]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; [[Tenochtitlán]] (present day [[Mexico City]]) falls to [[conquistador]] [[Hernán Cortés]] * [[1532]] &ndash; The [[Duke|Duchy]] of [[Brittany]] absorbed into the [[King]]dom of [[France]]. * [[1536]] &ndash; Buddhist monks from Kyoto's [[Enryaku-ji|Enryaku Temple]] set fire to 21 [[Nichiren Buddhism|Nichiren]] temples throughout [[Kyoto]] in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 27, 1536). * [[1553]] &ndash; [[Michael Servetus]] arrested by [[John Calvin]] in [[Geneva City|Geneva]] as a [[heresy|heretic]]. * [[1624]] &ndash; [[Louis XIII of France]] appoints [[Cardinal Richelieu]] as [[Prime Minister]]. * [[1704]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish