August 13 facts for kids

August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 140 days remain until the end of the year.

August 13th is a day filled with many important events throughout history, from ancient Roman triumphs to modern-day independence celebrations. Many famous people were also born or passed away on this date. Let's explore some of the key moments that happened on August 13th.

Historic Events

Early History (Before 1600)

• 29 BC – Octavian, a powerful Roman leader, celebrated a huge victory with the first of three parades in Rome.
• 523 – John I became the new leader of the Catholic Church after Pope Hormisdas passed away.
• 554 – Emperor Justinian I gave large land areas in Italy to Liberius. This was a reward for Liberius's important work for the empire.
• 582 – Maurice became the new Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 900 – Count Reginar I fought against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and won near what is now Susteren.
• 1099 – Raniero was chosen to become Pope Paschal II.
• 1516 – France and Spain signed the Treaty of Noyon. This agreement helped settle land claims between Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1521 – After a long fight, Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés captured the Aztec leader Cuauhtémoc. They also took control of the Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlan.
• 1532 – The Duchy of Brittany officially became part of the Kingdom of France. This was known as the Union of Brittany and France.
• 1536 – In Japan, Buddhist monks from the Enryaku-ji temple caused damage to 21 Nichiren temples in Kyoto. This event is called the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance.
• 1553 – Michael Servetus was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland, by John Calvin. He was accused of having beliefs that went against the church.

Later History (1601–1900)

• 1624 – King Louis XIII of France chose Cardinal Richelieu to be his main advisor, or prime minister.
• 1645 – Sweden and Denmark signed the Peace of Brömsebro, ending a conflict between them.
• 1650 – Colonel George Monck started a new English Army group. This group later became the famous Coldstream Guards.
• 1704 – During the War of the Spanish Succession, English and Imperial armies won the Battle of Blenheim. They defeated French and Bavarian troops in a major battle.
• 1779 – In the American Revolutionary War, the British Navy defeated the Penobscot Expedition. This was a big loss for the American naval forces at the time.
• 1792 – King Louis XVI of France was officially arrested by the National Tribunal. He was declared an "enemy of the people" during the French Revolution.
• 1806 – The Battle of Mišar began during the Serbian Revolution. This battle lasted two days and ended with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
• 1814 – The Convention of London was signed in England. This treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the United Netherlands.
• 1868 – A very strong earthquake, the Arica earthquake, hit southern Peru. It caused over 25,000 deaths and created a huge tsunami that reached Hawaii and New Zealand.
• 1889 – William Gray from Hartford, Connecticut, received a patent for his "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones." This was an early version of a payphone.
• 1898 – During the Spanish–American War, Spanish and American forces had a planned "mock battle" for Manila. The Spanish commander surrendered to prevent the city from falling to Filipino rebels.
• 1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovered 433 Eros, which was the first near-Earth asteroid ever found.
• 1900 – The ship Deutschland set a new speed record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean. It arrived in Plymouth, England, in just over five days.

Modern History (1901–Present)

• 1905 – People in Norway voted to end their union with Sweden. This led to Norway becoming an independent country.
• 1913 – The first stainless steel was produced in the UK by Harry Brearley. This material is now used in many everyday items.
• 1918 – Women joined the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson was the very first woman to enlist.
• 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) became a public company in Germany.
• 1920 – The Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw began. This important battle lasted until August 25th and resulted in a defeat for the Red Army.
• 1937 – The Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai started. This was a major and long battle between China and Japan.
• 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold approved the building of facilities for the "Development of Substitute Materials" project. This project later became known as the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb.
• 1944 – World War II: German troops began to destroy and loot the town of Anogeia in Crete. This continued until September 5th.
• 1954 – Radio Pakistan played the "Qaumī Tarāna" for the first time. This is the national anthem of Pakistan.
• 1960 – The Central African Republic declared its independence from France.
• 1961 – Cold War: East Germany closed the border between East and West Berlin. They started building the Berlin Wall to stop people from escaping to the West. This day is sometimes called Barbed Wire Sunday.
• 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans were the last people to be executed in the United Kingdom for murder.
• 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts, who were the first to land on the Moon, were honored with a big parade in New York City. They also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Richard Nixon.
• 1990 – A Chinese fishing boat sank after being hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel. This happened during an operation to send Chinese immigrants back home, and 21 people died.
• 2004 – One hundred fifty-six Congolese refugees were killed at a camp in Burundi.
• 2008 – Russo-Georgian War: Russian soldiers took control of the Georgian city of Gori.
• 2020 – Israel–United Arab Emirates relations were officially started. This was a big step for peace in the Middle East.

Famous Births

Born Before 1900

• 985 – Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, an important ruler of the Fatimid dynasty.
• 1311 – Alfonso XI, who was the king of Castile and León.
• 1567 – Samuel de Champlain, a French explorer who helped found New France (Canada).
• 1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, an English admiral and politician.
• 1592 – William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, a German count and military leader.
• 1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, a Danish scientist who studied medicine, math, and physics.
• 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, an English politician.
• 1666 – William Wotton, an English expert in languages and a scholar.
• 1700 – Heinrich von Brühl, a Polish-German politician.
• 1717 – Louis François, Prince of Conti, a French prince.
• 1756 – James Gillray, a famous English artist known for his funny drawings.
• 1764 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, a French general.
• 1790 – William Wentworth, an Australian journalist, explorer, and politician.
• 1803 – Vladimir Odoyevsky, a Russian thinker and writer.
• 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, a Swedish physicist and astronomer.
• 1818 – Lucy Stone, an American activist who fought for women's rights and against slavery.
• 1819 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, an Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist.
• 1820 – George Grove, an English expert in music and history.
• 1823 – Goldwin Smith, an English-Canadian historian and journalist.
• 1824 – John J. Robison, an American politician from Michigan.
• 1831 – Salomon Jadassohn, a German pianist and composer.
• 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, an Australian cricketer.
• 1842 – Charles Wells, an English brewer who started Charles Wells Ltd.
• 1849 – Leonora Barry, an Irish-born American social activist.
• 1851 – Felix Adler, a German-American religious leader and educator.
• 1860 – Annie Oakley, a famous American target shooter.
• 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, an Italian businessman who founded Fiat S.p.A..
• 1867 – George Luks, an American painter and illustrator.
• 1871 – Karl Liebknecht, a German politician who helped start the Communist Party of Germany.
• 1872 – Richard Willstätter, a German-Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1879 – John Ireland, an English composer.
• 1884 – Harry Dean, an English cricketer and coach.
• 1888 – John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer who invented the television.
• 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, a Russian-American sculptor.
• 1889 – Camillien Houde, a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was Mayor of Montreal.
• 1895 – István Barta, a Hungarian water polo player.
• 1895 – Bert Lahr, an American actor.
• 1898 – Jean Borotra, a French tennis player.
• 1898 – Regis Toomey, an American actor.
• 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, a famous English-American film director and producer.
• 1899 – José Ramón Guizado, a Panamanian politician and President of Panama.

Born After 1900

• 1902 – Felix Wankel, a German engineer.
• 1904 – Buddy Rogers, an American actor and musician.
• 1904 – Margaret Tafoya, a Native American Pueblo potter.
• 1906 – Chuck Carroll, an American football player and lawyer.
• 1906 – Art Shires, an American baseball player and boxer.
• 1907 – Basil Spence, a Scottish architect who designed Coventry Cathedral.
• 1908 – Gene Raymond, an American actor and pilot.
• 1911 – William Bernbach, an American advertising expert.
• 1912 – Claire Cribbs, an American basketball player and coach.
• 1912 – Ben Hogan, a famous American golfer.
• 1912 – Salvador Luria, an Italian-American scientist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1913 – Makarios III, a Greek archbishop and the first President of Cyprus.
• 1913 – Fred Davis, an English snooker player.
• 1914 – Grace Bates, an American mathematician.
• 1917 – Sid Gordon, an American baseball player.
• 1918 – Noor Hassanali, a Trinidadian lawyer and the second President of Trinidad and Tobago.
• 1918 – Frederick Sanger, an English biochemist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1919 – Rex Humbard, an American religious speaker and TV host.
• 1919 – George Shearing, an English jazz pianist.
• 1920 – Neville Brand, an American actor.
• 1921 – Louis Frémaux, a French music conductor.
• 1921 – Jimmy McCracklin, an American blues singer and pianist.
• 1921 – Mary Lee, a Scottish singer.
• 1922 – Chuck Gilmur, an American basketball player and coach.
• 1925 – Benny Bailey, an American trumpet player.
• 1925 – José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, an Argentine executive.
• 1926 – Fidel Castro, a Cuban lawyer and politician, who was the leader of Cuba.
• 1928 – John Tidmarsh, an English journalist and radio host.
• 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., an American actor.
• 1930 – Wilfried Hilker, a German footballer.
• 1930 – Don Ho, an American singer and ukulele player.
• 1930 – Bernard Manning, an English comedian.
• 1930 – Wilmer Mizell, an American baseball player and politician.
• 1930 – Bob Wiesler, an American baseball player.
• 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, an American physician and former Surgeon General of the United States.
• 1935 – Alex de Renzy, an American film director.
• 1935 – Mudcat Grant, an American baseball player.
• 1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, an American R&B musician.
• 1938 – Bill Masterton, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1940 – Bill Musselman, an American basketball coach.
• 1942 – Hissène Habré, a Chadian politician and former president.
• 1943 – Fred Hill, an American football player.
• 1943 – Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, a former President of Haiti.
• 1943 – Michael Willetts, an English sergeant and medal recipient.
• 1944 – Kevin Tighe, an American actor.
• 1945 – Lars Engqvist, a Swedish politician.
• 1945 – Gary Gregor, an American basketball player.
• 1945 – Robin Jackman, an Indian-English cricketer.
• 1946 – Janet Yellen, an American economist and current United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• 1947 – Fred Stanley, an American baseball player.
• 1947 – John Stocker, a Canadian voice actor.
• 1947 – Margareta Winberg, a Swedish politician.
• 1948 – Kathleen Battle, an American opera singer.
• 1949 – Jim Brunzell, an American wrestler.
• 1949 – Bobby Clarke, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1949 – Philippe Petit, a French tightrope walker, famous for walking between the Twin Towers.
• 1949 – Willy Rey, a Dutch-Canadian model.
• 1950 – Jane Carr, an English actress.
• 1950 & Rusty Gerhardt, an American baseball player.
• 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1952 – Dave Carter, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1952 – Gary Gibbs, an American football coach.
• 1952 – Suzanne Muldowney, an American performance artist.
• 1952 – Herb Ritts, an American photographer.
• 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1952 – Eugenio Lopez III, a Filipino businessman.
• 1953 – Tom Cohen, an American philosopher.
• 1953 – Ron Hilditch, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1953 – Thomas Pogge, a German philosopher.
• 1953 – Peter Wright, an English historian.
• 1954 – Nico Assumpção, a Brazilian bass player.
• 1955 – Keith Ahlers, an English race car driver.
• 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, a Japanese race car driver.
• 1955 – Paul Greengrass, an English film director.
• 1956 – Rohinton Fali Nariman, a judge in the Supreme Court of India.
• 1958 – David Feherty, a Northern Irish golfer.
• 1958 – Feargal Sharkey, a Northern Irish singer.
• 1958 – Randy Shughart, an American sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient.
• 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, an American actor and wrestler.
• 1959 – Bruce French, an English cricketer.
• 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, an American baseball player.
• 1960 – Ivar Stukolkin, an Estonian swimmer.
• 1961 – Koji Kondo, a Japanese composer, known for video game music.
• 1961 – Dawnn Lewis, an American actress.
• 1961 – Neil Mallender, an English cricketer.
• 1961 – Tom Perrotta, an American novelist.
• 1962 – John Slattery, an American actor and director.
• 1963 – Steve Higgins, an American talk show co-host.
• 1963 – Valerie Plame, an American CIA agent.
• 1963 – Sridevi, an Indian actress.
• 1964 – Jay Buhner, an American baseball player.
• 1964 – Debi Mazar, an American actress.
• 1964 – Tom Prince, an American baseball player.
• 1965 – Mark Lemke, an American baseball player.
• 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, a Japanese composer.
• 1966 – Scooter Barry, an American basketball player.
• 1966 – Shayne Corson, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1967 – Quinn Cummings, an American actress and author.
• 1967 – Dave Jamerson, an American basketball player.
• 1967 – Digna Ketelaar, a Dutch tennis player.
• 1968 – Tal Bachman, a Canadian singer-songwriter.
• 1968 – Todd Hendricks, an American football player.
• 1968 – Tony Jarrett, an English sprinter.
• 1969 – Midori Ito, a Japanese figure skater.
• 1970 – Will Clarke, an American author.
• 1970 – Elvis Grbac, an American football player.
• 1970 – Seana Kofoed, an American actress.
• 1970 – Alan Shearer, an English footballer.
• 1971 – Patrick Carpentier, a Canadian race car driver.
• 1971 – Adam Housley, an American baseball player and journalist.
• 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, a German actor.
• 1972 – Kevin Plank, an American businessman who founded Under Armour.
• 1973 – Molly Henneberg, an American journalist.
• 1973 – Eric Medlen, an American race car driver.
• 1974 – Scott MacRae, an American baseball player.
• 1974 – Joe Perry, an English snooker player.
• 1974 – Niklas Sundin, a Swedish musician.
• 1974 – Jarrod Washburn, an American baseball player.
• 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, a Pakistani cricketer.
• 1975 – Marty Turco, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1976 – Geno Carlisle, an American basketball player.
• 1976 – Nicolás Lapentti, an Ecuadorian tennis player.
• 1977 – Michael Klim, a Polish-Australian swimmer.
• 1977 – Kenyan Weaks, an American basketball player.
• 1978 – Dwight Smith, an American football player.
• 1979 – Román Colón, a Dominican baseball player.
• 1979 – Corey Patterson, an American baseball player.
• 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, a Japanese politician.
• 1980 – Murtz Jaffer, a Canadian journalist.
• 1982 – Christopher Raeburn, an English fashion designer.
• 1982 – Sarah Huckabee Sanders, an American political consultant.
• 1982 – Sebastian Stan, a Romanian-American actor.
• 1983 – Dallas Braden, an American baseball player.
• 1983 – Aleš Hemský, a Czech ice hockey player.
• 1983 – Ľubomír Michalík, a Slovak footballer.
• 1983 – Christian Müller, a German footballer.
• 1984 – Alona Bondarenko, a Ukrainian tennis player.
• 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, a Croatian footballer.
• 1984 – Boone Logan, an American baseball player.
• 1984 – James Morrison, an English singer-songwriter.
• 1985 – Gerrit van Look, a German rugby player.
• 1987 – Jose Lorenzo Diokno, a Filipino director.
• 1987 – Devin McCourty, an American football player.
• 1987 – Jason McCourty, an American football player.
• 1987 – Jamie Reed, a Welsh footballer.
• 1988 – Keith Benson, an American basketball player.
• 1988 – Jerry Hughes, an American football player.
• 1988 – Brandon Workman, an American baseball player.
• 1989 – Greg Draper, a New Zealand footballer.
• 1989 – Justin Greene, an American basketball player.
• 1989 – Israel Jiménez, a Mexican footballer.
• 1990 – DeMarcus Cousins, an American basketball player.
• 1990 – Benjamin Stambouli, a French footballer.
• 1991 – Dave Days, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1991 – Lesley Doig, a Scottish lawn bowler.
• 1992 – Katrina Gorry, an Australian football player.
• 1992 – Lucas Moura, a Brazilian footballer.
• 1992 – Alicja Tchórz, a Polish swimmer.
• 1992 – Taijuan Walker, an American baseball player.
• 1993 – Moses Mbye, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1994 – Filip Forsberg, a Swedish ice hockey player.
• 1996 – Antonia Lottner, a German tennis player.
• 1998 – Dalma Gálfi, a Hungarian tennis player.
• 1999 – Lennon Stella, a Canadian singer and actress.
• 2000 – Na Jaemin, a South Korean rapper and singer.

Notable Deaths

Passed Away Before 1900

• 587 – Radegund, a Frankish princess and saint.
• 604 – Wen, an emperor of the Sui Dynasty in China.
• 612 – Fabia Eudokia, a Byzantine empress.
• 662 – Maximus the Confessor, a Byzantine religious thinker.
• 696 – Takechi, a Japanese prince.
• 900 – Zwentibold, a king of Lotharingia.
• 908 – Al-Muktafi, an Abbasid caliph.
• 981 – Gyeongjong, a king of Goryeo (Korea).
• 1134 – Irene of Hungary, a Byzantine empress.
• 1297 – Nawrūz, a Mongol leader.
• 1311 – Pietro Gradenigo, a leader of Venice.
• 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, a queen of Castile.
• 1447 – Filippo Maria Visconti, a duke of Milan.
• 1523 – Gerard David, a Flemish painter.
• 1608 – Giambologna, an Italian sculptor.
• 1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, a Swiss clergyman.
• 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, an Irish bishop.
• 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, a French priest and historian.
• 1721 – Jacques Lelong, a French priest and author.
• 1744 – John Cruger, a Danish-American businessman and former Mayor of New York City.
• 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, a German poet.
• 1766 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, an English painter.
• 1795 – Ahilyabai Holkar, a Queen of Indore.
• 1826 – René Laennec, a French physician who invented the stethoscope.
• 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, a French painter.
• 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician.
• 1900 – Collis Potter Huntington, an American railway leader.

Passed Away After 1900

• 1910 – Florence Nightingale, a famous Italian-English nurse.
• 1912 – Jules Massenet, a French composer.
• 1917 – Eduard Buchner, a German chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1934 – Mary Hunter Austin, an American author.
• 1937 – Sigizmund Levanevsky, a Soviet aircraft pilot.
• 1946 – H. G. Wells, a famous English novelist and historian.
• 1954 – Demetrius Constantine Dounis, a Greek violinist.
• 1958 – Francis J. McCormick, an American football and basketball player and coach.
• 1963 – Louis Bastien, a French cyclist and fencer.
• 1965 – Hayato Ikeda, a Japanese lawyer and former Prime Minister of Japan.
• 1971 – W. O. Bentley, an English engineer who founded Bentley Motors.
• 1975 – Murilo Mendes, a Brazilian poet.
• 1978 – Lonnie Mayne, an American wrestler.
• 1979 – Andrew Dasburg, an American painter and sculptor.
• 1984 – Tigran Petrosian, a Georgian-Armenian chess player.
• 1986 – Helen Mack, an American actress.
• 1989 – Tim Richmond, an American race car driver.
• 1989 – Larkin I. Smith, an American police officer and politician.
• 1991 – James Roosevelt, an American general and politician.
• 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, an English mountaineer.
• 1995 – Jan Křesadlo, a Czech-English psychologist and author.
• 1995 – Mickey Mantle, a famous American baseball player.
• 1996 – António de Spínola, a Portuguese general and former President of Portugal.
• 1998 – Nino Ferrer, an Italian-French singer-songwriter.
• 1998 – Edward Ginzton, a Ukrainian-American physicist.
• 1998 – Julien Green, an American author.
• 1998 – Rafael Robles, a Dominican-American baseball player.
• 1999 – Ignatz Bubis, a German Jewish religious leader.
• 1999 – Jaime Garzón, a Colombian journalist.
• 2000 – Nazia Hassan, a Pakistani singer-songwriter.
• 2001 – Otto Stuppacher, an Austrian race car driver.
• 2001 – Jim Hughes, an American baseball player.
• 2001 – Betty Cavanna, an American author.
• 2003 – Ed Townsend, an American singer-songwriter.
• 2004 – Julia Child, a famous American chef and TV host.
• 2005 – Miguel Arraes, a Brazilian lawyer and politician.
• 2005 – David Lange, a New Zealand lawyer and former Prime Minister.
• 2006 – Tony Jay, an English actor and singer.
• 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, a Swedish musician.
• 2007 – Brian Adams, an American wrestler.
• 2007 – Brooke Astor, an American helper of charities.
• 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, an American baseball player.
• 2008 – Henri Cartan, a French mathematician.
• 2008 – Bill Gwatney, an American politician.
• 2008 – Jack Weil, an American businessman.
• 2009 – Lavelle Felton, an American basketball player.
• 2010 – Panagiotis Bachramis, a Greek footballer.
• 2010 – Lance Cade, an American wrestler.
• 2010 – Edwin Newman, an American journalist.
• 2011 – Tareque Masud, a Bangladeshi film director.
• 2011 – Mishuk Munier, a Bangladeshi journalist.
• 2012 – Hugo Adam Bedau, an American philosopher.
• 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown, an American journalist and author.
• 2012 – Ray Jordon, an Australian cricketer.
• 2012 – Johnny Pesky, an American baseball player.
• 2012 – Joan Roberts, an American actress and singer.
• 2013 – Lothar Bisky, a German politician.
• 2013 – Aaron Selber, Jr., an American businessman.
• 2013 – Jean Vincent, a French footballer.
• 2014 – Frans Brüggen, a Dutch flute player and conductor.
• 2014 – Eduardo Campos, a Brazilian politician.
• 2014 – Martino Finotto, an Italian race car driver.
• 2014 – Süleyman Seba, a Turkish footballer.
• 2015 – Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, an Iraqi politician.
• 2015 – Bob Fillion, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 2015 – Om Prakash Munjal, an Indian businessman.
• 2016 – Kenny Baker, an English actor, known for playing R2-D2 in Star Wars.
• 2016 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, an Indian Hindu leader.
• 2018 – Jim Neidhart, an American wrestler.
• 2021 – Nanci Griffith, an American singer-songwriter.

Holidays and Observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Benedetto Sinigardi
  • Benildus Romançon
  • Centola and Helen
  • Cassian of Imola
  • Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)
  • Fachtna of Rosscarbery
  • Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)
  • Herulph
  • Hippolytus of Rome
  • Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)
  • John Berchmans
  • Junian of Mairé
  • Blessed Marco d'Aviano
  • Maximus the Confessor
  • Nerses Glaietsi (Catholic Church)
  • Pope Pontian
  • Radegunde
  • Wigbert
  • August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day, celebrating the independence of the Central African Republic from France in 1960.
• International Lefthanders Day (International)
• Women's Day, remembering when Tunisia's laws about personal status for women were put into action in 1956. (Tunisia)
• World Organ Donation Day

See also

In Spanish: 13 de agosto para niños