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A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

William the Lion's Capture: A Turning Point in Scottish Rebellion (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 13 juli 2023

A Daily Dose of History (13 Jul 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
  • Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.
  • The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
  • Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
  • Anglo-Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company manage to repel a fleet of eleven Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria.
  • English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
  • The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
  • Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction.
  • The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins.
  • The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.

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