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On March 13, 222: Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander.

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Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus and Heliogabalus, was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was notorious for religious controversy and alleged sexual debauchery. A close relative to the Severan dynasty, he came from a prominent Syrian Arab family in Emesa (Homs), Syria, where he served as the head priest of the sun god Elagabal from a young age.

People

Born on March 13

Coco Gauff 2004– American tennis player (born 2004)
Frank Gore Jr. 2002– American football player (born 2002)
Beomgyu 2001– South Korean singer (born 2001)
Thomas Dearden 2001– Australia international rugby league footballer
Jay-Roy Grot 1998– Surinamese footballer (born 1998)
Jack Harlow 1998– American rapper (born 1998)
Pyper America 1997– American model
Landry Shamet 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)
Brayden Point 1996– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
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Mikaela Shiffrin 1995– American alpine skier (born 1995)
Jang Su-jeong 1995– South Korean tennis player (born 1995)
Gerard Deulofeu 1994– Spanish footballer (born 1994)
Mohammed Siraj 1994– Indian cricketer (born 1993)
Tyrone Mings 1993– English footballer (born 1993)
Lucy Fry 1992– Australian actress (born 1992)
George MacKay 1992– British actor (born 1992)
Ozuna 1992– Puerto Rican singer (born 1992)
L 1992– South Korean singer and actor (born 1992)

People

Died on March 13

John Feinstein American sportswriter and commentator (1956–2025)
Raúl Grijalva American politician (1948–2025)
Sofia Gubaidulina Soviet and Russian composer (1931–2025)
Philippe de Gaulle French admiral and son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
William Hurt American actor (1950–2022)
Marvelous Marvin Hagler American boxer (1954–2021)
Murray Walker British commentator and journalist (1923–2021)
Emily Nasrallah Lebanese writer (1931–2018)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal American author, radio host, and filmmaker (1965–2017)
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Hilary Putnam American mathematician and philosopher (1926–2016)
Al Rosen American baseball player (1924–2015)
Reubin Askew American politician (1928–2014)
Edward Haughey Entrepreneur and politician (1944–2014)
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah 3rd President of Sierra Leone (1996–97, 1998–2007)
Icchokas Meras Lithuanian writer (1934–2014)
Clive Burr English drummer (1956–2013)
Rick Martin Canadian ice hockey player (1951–2011)
Jean Ferrat French singer-songwriter and poet

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Every March 13 on record

  1. 222 Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander.

    Roman emperor from 218 to 222

    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus and Heliogabalus, was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was notorious for religious controversy and alleged sexual debauchery. A close relative to the Severan dynasty, he came from a prominent Syrian Arab family in Emesa (Homs), Syria, where he served as the head priest of the sun god Elagabal from a young age.

  2. 483 Election of Pope Felix III following the death of Pope Simplicius earlier that month.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 483 to 492

    Pope Felix III was the bishop of Rome from 13 March 483 to his death on 1 March 492. His repudiation of the Henotikon is considered the beginning of the Acacian schism. He is commemorated on March 1.

  3. 624 The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.

    First major battle in early Islam (624)

    The Battle of Badr or sometimes called The Raid of Badr, also referred to as The Day of the Criterion in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE, near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Province in Saudi Arabia. Muhammad, commanding an army of his Sahaba, defeated an army of the Quraysh led by Amr ibn Hishām, better known among Muslims as Abu Jahl. The battle marked the beginning of the six-year war between Muhammad and his tribe.

  4. 1261 The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Genoa sign a permanent treaty against the Venetians at Nymphaeum.

    Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)

    The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'.

  5. 1323 Siege of Warangal: Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sends an expeditionary army led by his son, Muhammad bin Tughluq, to the Kakatiya capital Warangal – after ruler Prataparudra has refused to make tribute payments. He besieges the city and finally, after a campaign of 8 months, Prataparudra surrenders on November 9.

    1323 siege in India

    In 1323, the Delhi Sultanate ruler Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sent an army led by his son Ulugh Khan to the Kakatiya capital Warangal, after the Kakatiya ruler Prataparudra refused to make tribute payments. Ulugh Khan's first siege of Warangal failed because of a rebellion resulting from a false rumour about Ghiyath al-Din's death in Delhi. Ulugh Khan had to retreat to Devagiri, but he returned to Warangal within four months, this time with reinforcements from Delhi.

  6. 1567 The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
  7. 1591 At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
  8. 1639 Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
  9. 1697 Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
  10. 1741 The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
  11. 1781 William Herschel discovers Uranus.
  12. 1809 Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
  13. 1811 A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars.
  14. 1815 Participants at the Congress of Vienna declare Napoleon an outlaw following his escape from Elba.
  15. 1825 Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
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  1. 1845 Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
  2. 1848 The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna.
  3. 1862 The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
  4. 1884 The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
  5. 1888 The eruption of Ritter Island triggers tsunamis that kill up to 3,000 people on nearby islands.
  6. 1900 British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
  7. 1920 The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
  8. 1930 The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
  9. 1940 The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union officially ends after the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty.
  10. 1943 The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
  11. 1954 The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
  12. 1957 Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
  13. 1964 Kitty Genovese is murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
  14. 1969 Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
  15. 1974 Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashes into the White Mountains near Bishop, California, killing 36.

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