August 13 in History
13 August in History – 504 years ago
North America 1521: Fall of Tenochtitlan
In June 1520 Moctezuma’s brother Cuitláhuac led the Aztecs in revolt against the Spanish,... SEE MORE…
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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
starts
1905
Japanese raid Petropavlovsk and Commander Islands
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
ends
117
Artemion’s Jewish uprising in Cyprus*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 13 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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