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On June 13, 313: The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.

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The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.

The Edict of Milan was the 13 February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and Emperor Licinius, who controlled the Balkans, met in Mediolanum and, among other things, agreed to change policies towards Christians following the edict of toleration issued by Emperor Galerius two years earlier in Serdica. The Edict of Milan gave Christianity legal status and a reprieve from persecution but did not make it the state church of the Roman Empire, which occurred in AD 380 with the Edict of Thessalonica, when Nicene Christianity received normative status.

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Born on June 13

Macklin Celebrini 2006– Canadian ice hockey player (born 2006)
Pablo García 2006– Spanish footballer (born 2006)
Bowen Byram 2001– Canadian ice hockey player (born 2001)
Sung Han-bin 2001– South Korean singer (born 2001)
Penny Oleksiak 2000– Canadian swimmer (born 2000)
Emily Fanning 1995– New Zealand tennis player
Laura Ucrós 1995– Colombian tennis player
Deepika Kumari 1994– Indian archer and Olympian
Atsuhiro Inukai 1994– Japanese actor (born 1994)
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Cansin Köktürk 1993– German politician (born 1993)
Simona Senoner 1993– Italian ski jumper (1993–2011)
Denis Ten 1993– Kazakh figure skater (1993–2018)
Semi Radradra 1992– Fiji international dual-code rugby footballer
Will Claye 1991– American triple jumper and long jumper (born 1991)
Ryan Mason 1991– English association football player and manager (born 1991)
Kang Si-ra 1991– South Korean singer (born 1991)
James McCann 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Nicole Riner 1990– Swiss tennis player

People

Died on June 13

Angela Bofill American R&B singer (1954–2024)
Benji Gregory American actor (1978–2024)
Cormac McCarthy American writer (1933–2023)
Ned Beatty American actor (1937–2021)
Buddy Boudreaux Musical artist
Sergio Renán Argentine actor, film director, and screenwriter
Mike Shrimpton New Zealand cricketer (1940–2015)
Mahdi Elmandjra Moroccan economist, sociologist and futurologist
Gyula Grosics Hungarian footballer and manager (1926–2014)
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Jim Keays Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonica-player (1946–2014)
Chuck Noll American football player and coach (1932–2014)
Robert Peters American poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor and actor
David Deutsch American advertising executive
Sam Most American jazz musician (1930–2013)
Albert White Hat Native American language activist (1938–2025)
Sam Beddingfield American test pilot and aerospace engineer (1933–2012)
Graeme Bell Australian jazz pianist, composer and band leader (1914–2012)
Roger Garaudy French philosopher and politician (1913 – 2012)

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Every June 13 on record

  1. 313 The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.

    Legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire (313)

    The Edict of Milan was the 13 February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and Emperor Licinius, who controlled the Balkans, met in Mediolanum and, among other things, agreed to change policies towards Christians following the edict of toleration issued by Emperor Galerius two years earlier in Serdica. The Edict of Milan gave Christianity legal status and a reprieve from persecution but did not make it the state church of the Roman Empire, which occurred in AD 380 with the Edict of Thessalonica, when Nicene Christianity received normative status.

  2. 1325 Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years).

    Maghrebi traveller and scholar (1304–1368/1369)

    Ibn Battuta was a Maghrebi Muslim traveller, explorer and scholar from Tangier. Over a period of 30 years from 1325 to 1354, he visited much of Africa, Asia, and the Iberian Peninsula. Near the end of his life, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys, titled A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling, commonly known as The Rihla.

  3. 1381 In England, the Peasants' Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, comes to a head, as rebels set fire to the Savoy Palace.

    1381 uprising in England

    The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of London. The revolt heavily influenced the course of the Hundred Years' War by deterring later Parliaments from raising additional taxes to pay for military campaigns in France.

  4. 1514 Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.

    16th century carrack of English construction

    Henry Grace à Dieu, also known as Great Harry, was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Contemporary with Mary Rose, Henry Grace à Dieu was even larger, and served as Henry VIII's flagship.

  5. 1525 Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

    German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546)

    Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Western and Christian history.

  6. 1625 King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.
  7. 1740 Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
  8. 1774 Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
  9. 1777 American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
  10. 1805 Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
  11. 1850 The American League of Colored Laborers, the first African American labor union in the United States, is established in New York City.
  12. 1855 Twentieth opera of Giuseppe Verdi, Les vêpres siciliennes ("The Sicilian Vespers"), is premiered in Paris.
  13. 1881 The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
  14. 1886 A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  15. 1893 Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
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  1. 1895 Émile Levassor wins the world's first real automobile race. Levassor completed the 732-mile course, from Paris to Bordeaux and back, in just under 49 hours, at a then-impressive speed of about fifteen miles per hour (24 km/h).
  2. 1898 Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
  3. 1917 World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
  4. 1927 Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade up 5th Avenue in New York City.
  5. 1944 World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
  6. 1944 World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
  7. 1944 World War II: Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.
  8. 1952 Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
  9. 1966 The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing").
  10. 1967 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
  11. 1971 Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
  12. 1973 In a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the first time, going on to set the Major League Baseball record of staying together for 8+1⁄2 years.
  13. 1977 Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
  14. 1981 At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
  15. 1982 Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.

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