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On February 13, 962: Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.

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Featured moment · 962

Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.

Otto I, known as Otto the Great or Otto of Saxony, was East Frankish (German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim.

People

Born on February 13

Sergio Mestre 2005– Spanish footballer (born 2005)
Raúl Asencio 2003– Spanish footballer (born 2003)
Jaden Ivey 2002– American basketball player (born 2002)
Sophia Lillis 2002– American actress (born 2002)
Kaapo Kakko 2001– Finnish ice hockey player (born 2001)
Vitinha 2000– Portuguese footballer (born 2000)
Kendall Fuller 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou 1995– Cameroonian-French footballer (born 1995)
Memphis Depay 1994– Dutch footballer (born 1994)
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Keith Appling 1992– American basketball player and convicted murderer (born 1992)
Eliaquim Mangala 1991– French footballer (born 1991)
Vianney 1991– French singer and songwriter
Luke Voit 1991– American baseball player (born 1991)
Nathan Eovaldi 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Mamadou Sakho 1990– French footballer (born 1990)
Rodrigo Possebon 1989– Brazilian-born Italian footballer (born 1989)
Ryan Goins 1988– American baseball player (born 1988)
Dave Rudden 1988– Irish writer

People

Died on February 13

Jim Guy Tucker American politician (1943–2025)
Kadir Topbaş Turkish politician (1945–2021)
Callistus Ndlovu Zimbabwean politician (1936–2019)
Henrik Consort of Margrethe II from 1972 to 2018
Ricardo Arias Calderón Panamanian politician
Aileen Hernandez American union organizer and civil rights activist
Seijun Suzuki Japanese film director (1923–2017)
Kim Jong-nam Son of Kim Jong Il (1971–2017)
E-Dubble American rapper (1982–2017)
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O. N. V. Kurup Indian writer
Antonin Scalia US Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016
Faith Bandler Australian civil rights activist
Stan Chambers American television reporter
Balu Mahendra Film director in Indian cinema (1939–2014)
Richard Møller Nielsen Danish footballer and manager (1937–2014)
Ralph Waite American actor (1928–2014)
Laura Motta Brazilian nun candidate for sainthood
Gerry Day American screenwriter (1922–2013)

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Every February 13 on record

  1. 962 Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973

    Otto I, known as Otto the Great or Otto of Saxony, was East Frankish (German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim.

  2. 1258 Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire, orders his army to sack and plunder the city of Baghdad, which they had just captured.

    Mongol conquest of the Abbasid Caliphate (1258)

    The Siege of Baghdad, also known as the Sack of Baghdad, took place in early 1258. A large army commanded by Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked the historic capital of the Abbasid Caliphate after a series of provocations from its ruler, caliph al-Musta'sim. Within a few weeks, Baghdad fell and was sacked by the Mongol army—al-Musta'sim was killed alongside hundreds of thousands of his subjects.

  3. 1322 The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.

    Anglican cathedral in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England

    Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

  4. 1352 War of the Straits: The Battle of the Bosporus is fought in a stormy sea into the night between the Genoese, Venetian, Aragonese, and Byzantine fleets.

    1350–1355 war between Venice and Genoa

    The War of the Straits or Third Genoese–Venetian War was a conflict fought between the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa, and their allies, in 1350–1355. The third in a series of conflicts between the two major Italian maritime republics, the war resulted from the intense commercial and political rivalry over access to the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea. The main immediate events that precipitated the war were the conflicts over Caffa and Tanais in the northern Black Sea, control of passage through the Bosporus straits—whence the conflict received its name—and the seizure of Chios and Phocaea by the Genoese.

  5. 1462 The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.

    Treaty between England and the Lord of the Isles

    The Treaty of Westminster was signed on 13 February 1462 between Edward IV of England of the House of York and the Scottish John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles. The agreement proposed that if Scotland was conquered by England, the lands north of the Scottish sea would be divided between the Lord of the Isles and the Earl of Douglas to be held from the crown of England, while the Earl of Douglas would hold Scotland south of the Firth.

  6. 1503 Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
  7. 1542 Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
  8. 1633 Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
  9. 1642 The Clergy Act becomes law, excluding bishops of the Church of England from serving in the House of Lords.
  10. 1660 With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War.
  11. 1689 William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
  12. 1692 Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
  13. 1726 Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile brings an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.
  14. 1755 Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into two: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
  15. 1849 The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.
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  1. 1861 Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
  2. 1867 Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
  3. 1880 Thomas Edison observes thermionic emission.
  4. 1913 The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiates a period of almost four decades of independence.
  5. 1914 Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  6. 1920 The Negro National League is formed.
  7. 1931 The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  8. 1935 A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
  9. 1945 World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
  10. 1945 World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
  11. 1951 Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
  12. 1954 Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
  13. 1955 Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  14. 1955 Twenty-nine people are killed when Sabena Flight 503 crashes into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy.
  15. 1960 With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.

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