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May 13 in history

249 sourced entries recorded on May 13, from 189 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 609The Pantheon in Rome is consecrated as "St. Mary and the Martyrs" (informally known as "Santa Maria Rotonda") by Pope Boniface IV (or 610).source
  • 923The Later Liang, one of the Five Dynasties in China, falls to Later Tang (founded by Li Cunxu). Li proclaims himself emperor and moves his residence back to the old Tang capital of Luoyang.source
  • 1005The Japanese court permits Fujiwara no Korechika to enter the palace.source
  • 1024Fujiwara no Takako, daughter of influential Japanese statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga, is married to Minamoto no Morofusa.source
  • 1134The Saint-Denis basilica, near Paris, is damaged by a fire. This will give the opportunity to the French abbot Suger to rebuild it in a new style, which will open the Gothic period of architecture.source
  • 1221Emperor Juntoku is forced to abdicate, and is briefly succeeded by his 2-year-old son Chūkyō on the throne of Japan. Ex-Emperor Go-Toba leads the unsuccessful Jōkyū War against the Kamakura shogunate.source
  • 1249King Louis IX of France ("the Saint") assembles a Crusader fleet of 120 transports and embarks an army (some 15,000 men) at Limassol. Unfortunately, a storm scatters the ships a few days later. On May 30, Louis sets sail to Egypt – only a quarter of his forces sails with him, the others make their way independently to the Egyptian coast. Finally, the royal squadron arrives off Damietta on June 4 aboard Louis' flagship the Montjoie. The king's advisers urges a delay until the rest of his transports arrive before attempting to disembark, but Louis refuses.source
  • 1275Marinid forces led by Sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq land in Spain upon a call from Muhammad II, ruler of Granada. With a fleet of 20 ships organized at Ceuta, some 5,000 men are transported from Alcázar Seguir to Tarifa without meeting any significant Christian opposition. The Maranids raid as far as the towns of Vejer de la Frontera and Jerez.source
  • 1301After an attempt in the spring to have Prince Charles of Anjou succeed the late Andrew III as King of Hungary, the Diet of Hungary votes to declare his coronation invalid, in that Charles was not proclaimed king at Székesfehérvár and never received the Crown of Saint Stephen.source
  • 1306(29 Shawwal 705 AH) A Moorish Nasrid fleet sent by Sultan Sultan Muhammad III of the Emirate of Granada (now part of Spain) makes a surprise attack on Africa and captures Ceuta. Nasrid forces land in Ksar es-Seghir, Larache, and Asilah, occupying these Atlantic ports (→ Battle of the Strait). At the same time, Prince Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula of the Marinid Sultanate, leads a rebellion against Sultan Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr. He conquers a mountainous area in northern Morocco and allies himself with Granada.source
  • 1312Frederick IV becomes the new Duke of Lorraine upon the death of his father, Theobald II.source
  • 1317King Edward II restores the dower lands that had been surrendered by Margaret de Clare, widow of Piers Gaveston.source
  • 1344Battle of Pallene: A Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet at Pallene, Chalcidice.source
  • 1372St. Bridget and her fellow pilgrims finally arrive at Jerusalem on Ascension Day after a two-month journey.source
  • 1373The English anchoress, Dame Julian of Norwich receives the 16 Revelations of Divine Love from God while seriously ill.source
  • 1409The Timurid War of Succession comes to an end as Khalil Sultan surrenders Samarkand to Shah Rukh, ruler of the Timurid Empire since 1405. Shah Rukh installs his son Ulugh Beg as Governor of Transoxiana. Shah Rukh then appoints Khalil as Governor of Shahr-e Rey in modern-day Iran.source
  • 1418Spain approves and signs the Concordats of Constance.source
  • 1428Joan of Arc makes her first attempt to reach the Armagnac court at Chinon, arriving at Vaucouleurs speaking to Robert de Baudricourt, captain of the royal garrison, and tells him that God told her in a vision that she had a mission to help restore the Dauphin Charles to the throne. Baudricourt initially declines her request to be given an escort to visit Charles in person.source
  • 1433Bolko V the Hussite, Duke of Opole and ruler of most of Upper Silesia and much of Lower Silesia in Poland, is defeated by Nicholas V, Duke of Krnov at the Battle of Trzebnica.source
  • 1443John Stafford is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Eugene IV.source
  • 1450Charles VIII of Sweden, also serving as Carl I of Norway, is declared deposed from the latter throne, in favor of Christian I of Denmark.source
  • 1479Christopher Columbus, an experienced mariner and successful trader in the thriving Genoese expatriate community in Portugal, marries Felipa Perestrelo Moniz (Italian on her father's side), and receives as dowry her late father's maps and papers, charting the seas and winds around the Madeira Islands, and other Portuguese possessions in the Ocean Sea.source
  • 1486Humphrey Stafford and his brother Thomas Stafford, who had been given sanctuary by the church at Culham, Oxfordshire, are forcibly removed by Sir John Savage and 60 armed men on charges of treason. Protests are made to Pope Innocent VIII against the breaking of the right of sanctuary in the Roman Catholic Church, and while Thomas is pardoned by King Henry, Humphrey is executed for treason on July 8.source
  • 1501The Venetian Republic signs a treaty with the Kingdom of Hungary and Pope Alexander VI for troops to protect Venetian Dalmatia during the Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503).source
  • 1503Naples is captured by the Spanish.source
  • 1515Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, are officially married at Greenwich (near London).source
  • 1532Francisco Pizarro lands on the northern coast of Peru.source
  • 1554the Earldom of Kildare is revived in favour of Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl.source
  • 1559At Basel, the body of Dutch Anabaptist leader David Joris is exhumed and burned, following his posthumous conviction of heresy.source
  • 1566Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor imposes a Reichsexekution upon John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony. Augustus, Elector of Saxony is directed to carry out the order to begin the siege of the city of Gotha and John Frederick's home at the Grimmenstein Castle.source
  • 1568Marian civil war in Scotland: Battle of Langside – The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland and her half-brother.source
  • 1568Marian civil war: Battle of Langside – The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, her half-brother.source
  • 1572Pope Gregory XIII succeeds Pope Pius V, as the 226th pope.source
  • 1597King Henry IV of France and England's General Thomas Baskerville begin the siege of the city of Amiens in France, which had been captured on March 11 by the Spanish Army. The city is recaptured by September 25.source
  • 1598May 13 (Keichō 3, 8th day of the 4th month) – The Mount Asama volcano on the Japanese island of Honshu erupts.source
  • 1603In modern-day northern Thailand, the rulers of Chiang Mai retake control of the Nan province and capture its ruler, Cao Cetabut.source
  • 1610A formal coronation is held for Marie de' Medici, wife of King Henry IV, as Queen Consort of France. King Henry is preparing to depart to Germany to participate in the War of the Jülich Succession.source
  • 1610Marie de' Medici is crowned Queen of France at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.source
  • 1617King James I of England is escorted by the Earl of Home across the border to return to Scotland (where he reigns as King James VI) for the first time since the Union of the Crowns 14 years earlier in 1603. He is given lodging at Home's Dunglass Castle, East Lothian.source
  • 1619Anne of Denmark, queen consort of England, is buried at Westminster Abbey.source
  • 1622The Eendracht, a VOC ship and the second recorded European ship to make landfall on Australian soil, is wrecked off the western coast of Ambon Island, Dutch East Indies.source
  • 1627France and England sign an agreement on dividing the island of Saint Kitts.source
  • 1628Thirty Years' War: As a result of its refusal to accept the capitulation of Franzburg, the siege of Stralsund is begun by Field Marshals Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg and Wallenstein's of the Holy Roman Imperial Army, and lasts until August 4.source
  • 1628In North America, Matthew Cradock is elected by shareholders as the first Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company.source
  • 1637Cardinal Richelieu invents the table knife by ordering his staff to round the edges off all his knives.source
  • 1638Construction begins on the Red Fort in Delhi (India) for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who is transferring his capital there from Agra.source
  • 1643First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat Royalist forces at Grantham.source
  • 1647The 1647 Santiago earthquake rattles Chile.source
  • 1666French theologian Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy is imprisoned in the Bastille after his conviction for heresy in connection with the Jansenist movement. Sacy uses his two and one-half years of incarceration (which lasts until November 14, 1668), to create the Bible du Port-Royal, a first French language rendition of the Bible, finishing a translation of the Old Testament from the Vulgate, written in Latin, that had been started by his brother Antoine, and then beginning work on the New Testament.source
  • 1688the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, in a meeting at Lambeth Palace, forms the nucleus of the Seven Bishops resolving to oppose the reading of the Declaration of Indulgence. On 18 May they present a petition to the King.source
  • 1713King Philip V of Spain issues an auto accordado that changes the order of succession for the Spanish throne allowing a female descendant within the House of Bourbon to rule. The change will allow his great-great-granddaughter to ascend the throne in 1833 as Queen Isabella II.source
  • 1724Cardinal Giulio Piazza, the Archbishop of Faenza, comes within four votes of being elected the new Popesource
  • 17283 men and 8 boys from Hirta are retrieved from Stac an Armin where they have been accidentally marooned for about 9 months, the longest recorded period anyone has spent on the sea stack.source
  • 1732Rebels in Corsica agree to allow the Republic of Genoa to resume its administration of the island in return for amnesty and promised reforms.source
  • 1776Christian VII ordered a mail service to be established.source
  • 1779War of the Bavarian Succession – Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives a part of the Bavarian territory (the Innviertel), and relinquishes the rest.source
  • 1780The Cumberland Compact is signed by American settlers, in the Cumberland Valley of Tennessee.source
  • 1780Cumberland Compact signed by American settlers in the Cumberland Valley of Tennessee.source
  • 1783The Society of the Cincinnati, a fraternal organization for American veterans of the American Revolution, is formed in Newburgh, New York.source
  • 1787Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth with the eleven ships of the First Fleet carrying around 700 convicts and at least 300 crew and guards to establish a penal colony in Australia.source
  • 1787Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with the 11 ships of the First Fleet, carrying around 700 convicts and at least 300 crew and guards to establish a penal colony in Australia.source
  • 1822D. Pedro I is acclaimed Perpetual Defender of Brazil by Freemasonry.source
  • 1830Ecuador separates from Gran Colombia.source
  • 1835At least 224 people, most of them female convicts being transported from Cork, Ireland, to Australia, are drowned when the British barque Neva is wrecked in the Bass Strait. Only 15 people survive.source
  • 1835British barque Neva, transporting female convicts from Cork, Ireland, is wrecked in the Bass Strait with the loss of 224 people and only 15 survivors.source
  • 1835British barque Neva, transporting female convicts from Cork to Australia, is wrecked in the Bass Strait with the loss of 224 people and only 15 survivors.source
  • 1839First Rebecca Riots targeted against turnpikes in Wales, at Efailwen in Carmarthenshire.source
  • 1846Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.source
  • 1848"Maamme", the national anthem of Finland written by German composer Fredrik Pacius and Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, was performed for the first time.source
  • 1849A case of cholera is recorded in Cardiff, the beginning of an outbreak that spreads to Merthyr, Dowlais and Aberdare, and kills 800 people.source
  • 1854May 5–15 – Hokkien–Teochew Riots in Singapore.source
  • 1857St Kilda railway station, Melbourne is opened.source
  • 1858John Ruskin begins a tour of Europe; he considers it a significant turning point in his life.source
  • 1861American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality", which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.source
  • 1861Comet C/1861 J1 (the "Great Comet of 1861") is discovered from Australia.source
  • 1861The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales.source
  • 1861North Star affair: The British merchant ship North Star leaves Hong Kong for Nagasaki, Japan. Chinese pirates board the vessel, kill an officer, and escape with a large quantity of gold.source
  • 1865May 12–13 – American Civil War – Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the civil war with casualties, ends with a Confederate victory.source
  • 1868May 10–14 – Boshin War – Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, Japan: Forces of the Emperor Meiji resist the retreating troops of the Tokugawa shogunate.source
  • 1880In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.source
  • 1881The Pacific island of Rotuma cedes to Great Britain, becoming a dependency of the Colony of Fiji.source
  • 1885Aalborg Boldspilklub is founded.source
  • 1888In Brazil, the Lei Áurea abolishes the last remnants of slavery.source
  • 1888Princess Isabel signs the Lei Áurea (Golden Law), which abolishes slavery in Brazil.source
  • 1888The young Beatrix Potter records a trip to Machynlleth in her diary.source
  • 1896The Franchise Bill is passed by the Colony of Natal's Legislative Assembly, disfranchising natives of other countries.source
  • 1896The Franchise Bill is passed by Natal's Legislative Assembly, disfranchising natives of other countries.source
  • 1897May 10 – 19 zinc miners die of carbon monoxide poisoning at Snaefell Mine on the Isle of Man.source
  • 1899A train wreck near Reading, Pennsylvania kills 28 people and injures 50.source
  • 1899The Esporte Clube Vitória football club is founded in Salvador, Brazil.source
  • 1902Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.source
  • 1907The 5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party convenes in secret in London.source
  • 1911May 13–15 – Mexican Revolution: Torreón massacre – Over 300 Chinese residents are massacred by the revolutionary forces of Francisco I. Madero, in the Mexican city of Torreón.source
  • 1912In the United Kingdom, the Royal Flying Corps (forerunner of the Royal Air Force) is established.source
  • 1916New Zealand Division moves into front-line trenches at Armentières.source
  • 1917Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV.source
  • 1917October 13 (at monthly intervals) – 10-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto report experiencing a series of Marian apparitions near Fátima, Portugal, which become known as Our Lady of Fátima.source
  • 1924Trond Johansen, intelligence officer.source
  • 1926May 12–14 – May Coup: Józef Piłsudski takes over in Poland.source
  • 1926May 11–14 – Roald Amundsen makes the first airship flight over the North Pole. The Norge leaves Spitsbergen and arrives in Teller, Alaska three days later.source
  • 1928The 1928 Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race is won by Belgian rider Ernest Mottard.source
  • 1929The National Crime Syndicate is founded in Atlantic City.source
  • 1930Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)source
  • 1931Paul Doumer is elected president of France.source
  • 1932The Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang, is dismissed by the State Governor, Sir Philip Game.source
  • 1935T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") is involved in a motorcycle accident, near his home in Dorset, England, resulting in his death a few days later.source
  • 1940Winston Churchill, in his first address as Prime Minister, tells the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, "I have nothing to offer you but blood, toil, tears and sweat."source
  • 1941WWII: Yugoslav General Draža Mihailović and a group of 80 soldiers and officers cross the Drina river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, arrive at Ravna Gora, in western Nazi-occupied Serbia and start fighting with German occupation troops.source
  • 1942Einar Sverdrup, mining engineer and businessman (born 1895)source
  • 1949John A. Costello, Éamon de Valera, William Norton and Seán MacBride share a platform to protest the British government's attitude to the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.source
  • 1950The first race in the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship in automobile racing is held, at Silverstone, England.source
  • 1952Pandit Nehru forms his first government in India.source
  • 1954The National Service riots took place in Singapore after a peaceful demonstration turned violent.source
  • 1958The third Merdeka Talks took place, which concluded with the same agreement from 1957.source
  • 1958During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.source
  • 1958Crisis in France: French Algerian protesters seize government offices in Algiers, leading to a military coup.source
  • 1960A joint Swiss and Austrian expedition makes the first ascent of the Asian mountain Dhaulagiri, the world's 7th highest.source
  • 1963A smallpox outbreak hits Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until July.source
  • 1966Belgian bishops issue a declaration rejecting calls to remove the French-language section of the Catholic University of Leuven from the city of Leuven.source
  • 1969May 13 – May 13 Incident: Race riots occur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.source
  • 1969Ethnic riots break out in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which later spill over to Singapore.source
  • 1972A fire in a nightclub atop the Sennichi department store in Osaka, Japan, kills 115.source
  • 1972A fire at the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka kills 118, injures 78.source
  • 1976The Atari video arcade game Breakout is released.source
  • 1978Basaglia Law approved: gradual dismantling of psychiatric hospitals is initiated. The largest asylum was Mombello Psychiatric Hospital.source
  • 1979a tropical cyclone hits Coastal Andhra and destroys 7 lakh homes and affects 40 lakh people.source
  • 1981Pope John Paul II assassination attempt: Pope John Paul II is shot by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman, as he enters St. Peter's Square in Vatican City to address a general audience. The Pope recovers.source
  • 1984Severomorsk Disaster: an explosion at the Soviets' Severomorsk Naval Base destroys two-thirds of all the missiles stockpiled for the Soviets' Northern Fleet. The blast also destroys workshops needed to maintain the missiles as well as hundreds of technicians. Western military experts called it the worst naval disaster the Soviet Navy has suffered since WWII.source
  • 1985Philadelphia police drop bombs on a row home occupied MOVE during a gun battle between police and MOVE, killing six adults and five childrensource
  • 1987Ajax wins the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in Athens by beating Lokomotiv Leipzig in the final with 1–0. Marco van Basten scores the only goal of the match after 21 minutes.source
  • 1988The Highway Concessionnaires Berhad changed its name to Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (PLUS).source
  • 1989Mikhail Gorbachev visits China, the first Soviet leader to do so since the 1960s.source
  • 1989May 12–25 – San Bernardino train disaster: Southern Pacific freight locomotive SP 7551 East derails in a residential area of San Bernardino, California, killing four and destroying seven houses. On May 25, as a direct result of the derailment, the Calnev Pipeline explodes, killing an additional two people and destroying eleven more houses and 21 cars.source
  • 1990In the Philippines, gunmen kill two United States Air Force airmen near Clark Air Base on the eve of talks between the Philippines and the United States over the future of American military bases in the Philippines.source
  • 1990Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot occurred at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb.source
  • 1991Underwater World opens its doors.source
  • 1992Falun Gong is introduced by Li Hongzhi in China.source
  • 1995The 6.6 Mw Western Macedonia earthquake strikes northwestern Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), injuring 25 and causing $450 million in damage.source
  • 1995The 6.6 Mw Kozani-Grevena earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), injuring 25 and causing $450 million in damage.source
  • 1996Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.source
  • 1997The Sri Lankan Army unleashes Operation Jayasikurui, marking the beginning of a long military campaign which would last for almost 2 years.source
  • 1998May 13–14 – Riots directed against Chinese Indonesians break out in Indonesia, killing around 1,000 people. Maria Catarina Sumarsih holds Prabowo Subianto the responsibility for being involved in a series of human rights abuses during the riot.source
  • 1999Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is elected President of Italy.source
  • 2000Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.source
  • 2000first murder committed by serial killers Ludwig Tolumov and Ivan Serafimovsource
  • 2000A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, Netherlands, kills 23.source
  • 2000The Enschede fireworks disaster killed 23 people including four firefighters and injured 950 others. A total of 400 homes were destroyed and 1,500 buildings were subsequently damaged.source
  • 2001The House of Freedoms coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi wins the Italian general election.source
  • 2002Rebels bombard Arthington, Liberia, with artillery during the Second Liberian Civil War causing panic in the neighboring capital, Monrovia.source
  • 2004The Ralito II Agreement is signed between Colombia and the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.source
  • 2004May 12–15 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 takes place in Istanbul, Turkey, and is won by Ukrainian entrant Ruslana with the song "Wild Dances".source
  • 2005Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops massacre at least 200 protesters in the city of Andijan.source
  • 2009The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda kill at least 90 people in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.source
  • 2009May 11–15 – Pope Benedict XVI visits the Palestinian territories and Israel. During his visit, the pope condemned Holocaust denials and called for cooperation between the Palestinians and Israelis.source
  • 2009May 11–24 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope on May 11, landing at Edwards Air Force Base May 24.source
  • 2009May 12–16 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 takes place in Moscow, Russia, and is won by Norwegian entrant Alexander Rybak with the song "Fairytale".source
  • 2011Qatar faces international criticism for ongoing human rights issues, including women's discrimination, migrant worker exploitation, arbitrary nationality deprivation, and the use of flogging and the death penalty.source
  • 2011May 10–14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 takes place in Düsseldorf, Germany, and is won by Azeri entrants Ell & Nikki with the song "Running Scared".source
  • 2012May 9–13 - The first international bicycle tour was organized in memory of Heydar Aliyev.source
  • 2012Pastor Maldonado wins the Spanish Grand Prix, marking him the first Venezuelan Formula One driver to win a race.source
  • 2012Valletta F.C. wins their 21st title of the Maltese Premier League.source
  • 2014Investigators claim to have found the wreck of Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria, off the north coast of Haiti.source
  • 20142014 Southeast Europe floods hit the country.source
  • 2014May 13–19 – 2014 Southeast Europe floods. 57 deaths in Serbia.source
  • 2016May 10–14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 is held in Stockholm, Sweden, and is won by Ukrainian entrant Jamala with the song "1944".source
  • 2017May 9–13 – The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is won by Portuguese entrant Salvador Sobral with the song "Amar Pelos Dois".source
  • 2019Prosecutors in Sweden reopen the rape allegation investigation against Julian Assange. Swedish prosecutors mention their intent to seek extradition of Assange from the U.K. after he has served his 50-week prison sentence for skipping bail.source
  • 2021Three rockets launched from the Qlaileh region towards Israel, landing in the Mediterranean Sea. This comes amidst the 2021 Israel-Palestine crisis.source
  • 2022May 10–May 14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is held in Turin, Italy. The contest is won by Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra with their song "Stefania".source
  • 20232023 Gambian local electionssource
  • 2023May 9–13 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is held in Liverpool, UK. Swedish contestant Loreen wins with the song "Tattoo".source
  • 2025May 13–17 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is held in Basel, Switzerland. Austrian contestant JJ wins with the song "Wasted Love".source

Births

  • 1024Hugh the Great, abbot of Cluny (died 1109)source
  • 1133Hōnen, Japanese religious reformer (died 1212)source
  • 1179Theobald III, count of Champagne (died 1201)source
  • 1221Alexander Nevsky, Kievan Grand Prince (died 1263)source
  • 1254Marie of Brabant, queen consort of France (died 1322)source
  • 1314Sergius of Radonezh, Russian abbot and reformer (died 1392)source
  • 1536Jacobus Pamelius, Belgian bishop (died 1587)source
  • 1573Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani, Mughal empress (died 1619)source
  • 1573Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani, later became the wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and mother of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (died 1619)source
  • 1588Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary (died 1654)source
  • 1597Cornelis Schut, Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver (died 1655)source
  • 1625Carlo Maratta, Italian painter (died 1713)source
  • 1637Giacinto Cestoni, Italian naturalist (died 1718)source
  • 1638Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (died 1712)source
  • 1655Pope Innocent XIII (died 1724)source
  • 1699Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1782)source
  • 1713Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (died 1765)source
  • 1717Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, consort of the Holy Roman Emperor (died 1780)source
  • 1730Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1782)source
  • 1753Lazare Carnot, French general, politician and mathematician (died 1823)source
  • 1767John VI of Portugal, King of Portugal (died 1826)source
  • 1767John VI of Portugal, king (died 1826).source
  • 1792Pope Pius IX (born Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti), Italian churchman (died 1878)source
  • 1800Morteza Ansari, Iranian Shia jurist.source
  • 1842Sir Arthur Sullivan, English composer (died 1900)source
  • 1857Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 1932)source
  • 1905Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer, politician, 5th President of India (died 1977)source
  • 1914Joe Louis, American boxer (died 1981)source
  • 1930Mike Gravel, American politician, former Senator of Alaska and Presidential candidate (died 2021)source
  • 1931Jim Jones, American People's Temple cult leader (died 1978)source
  • 1950Stevie Wonder, African-American musiciansource
  • 1952John Kasich, Governor of Ohiosource
  • 1957Carrie Lam, Hong Kong civil servantsource
  • 1961Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actorsource
  • 1968Scott Morrison, 30th Prime Minister of Australiasource
  • 1986Robert Pattinson, English actor and musiciansource

Deaths

  • 189Ling of Han (or Liu Hong), Chinese emperor (born 156)source
  • 384Servatius of Tongeren, Roman Catholic bishop and saintsource
  • 558John the Silent, bishop and saintsource
  • 772Dōkyō, Japanese Buddhist monk (born 700)source
  • 1112Ulric II (or Udalrich), Italian noblemansource
  • 1176Matthias I, duke of Lorraine (born 1119)source
  • 1210Noriko (or Hanshi), Japanese empress (born 1177)source
  • 1230Casimir I of Opole, Polish nobleman and knightsource
  • 1242Gerard of Villamagna, Italian hermit (born 1174)source
  • 1307Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, Marinid ruler of Moroccosource
  • 1307Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, Marinid ruler of Morocco is assassinated.source
  • 1409Jan of Tarnów, Polish noblemansource
  • 1519Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (born 1475)source
  • 1573Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (born 1521)source
  • 1604Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort (born 1543)source
  • 1619Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague, after having been convicted of treason.source
  • 1619Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (born 1547)source
  • 1627Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, nobleman (born 1573)source
  • 1646Maria Anna of Spain (born 1606)source
  • 1653Teodósio, Prince of Brazil, Portuguese prince (born 1634)source
  • 1666Pier Francesco Mola, Italian painter of the High Baroque (born 1612)source
  • 1746James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, British noble (born 1713)source
  • 1790Battle of Reval: Gustav III of Sweden sends the battlefleet to eliminate the Russian squadron wintering at Reval (Estonia), but is defeated; 8 Russians, 130 Swedes are killed, up to 520 captured, 1 ship is burnt, another captured.source
  • 1819Margaret Catchpole, Adventuress and chronicler.source
  • 1825Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, British diplomat (born 1752)source
  • 1832Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (born 1769)source
  • 1835John Nash, English architect (born 1752)source
  • 1836John Littlejohn, American sheriff and Methodist preacher (born 1756)source
  • 1852Francisco de la Lastra (born 1777)source
  • 1857Parley P. Pratt, early American Latter Day Saint movement leader (murdered) (born 1807)source
  • 1878Joseph Henry, American scientist (born 1797)source
  • 1884Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (born 1809)source
  • 1925Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, British politician and colonial administrator (born 1854)source
  • 1930Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1861)source
  • 1943Trina de Moya – Dominican poet and first lady (1899, 1902–1903, 1924–1930)source
  • 1947Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet (born 1926)source
  • 1961Gary Cooper, American actor (born 1901)source
  • 1969Race riots in Kuala Lumpur and several parts of Klang Valley. 196 people were killed between 13 May and 31 July.source
  • 1978May 12–13 – A group of mercenaries, led by Bob Denard, oust Ali Soilih in the Comoros; ten local soldiers are killed. Denard forms a new government.source
  • 1978Sisavang Vatthana, last king of Laossource
  • 2002Valeriy Lobanovskyi, 63, Ukrainian football coach, stroke.source