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On September 13, -585: Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.

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Featured moment · -585

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was the legendary fifth king of Rome and the first representative of the Etruscan dynasty on the Roman throne. The cognomen Priscus, meaning "Old" or "Elder" in Latin, became established in ancient sources to distinguish him from Tarquinius Superbus, who would later ascend the throne. He reigned for approximately thirty-eight years.

People

Born on September 13

Yeonjun 1999– South Korean singer (born 1999)
Adrian Kempe 1996– Swedish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Lili Reinhart 1996– American actress (born 1996)
Joca 1995– Portuguese footballer
Jerry Tollbring 1995– Swedish handball player (born 1995)
Leonor Andrade 1994– Portuguese singer and actress
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 1994– Slovak tennis player (born 1994)
Cameron Munster 1994– Australia international rugby league footballer
Sepp Kuss 1994– American cyclist (born 1994)
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Niall Horan 1993– Irish singer-songwriter (born 1993)
Alice Merton 1993– German-Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1993)
Darren Waller 1992– American football player (born 1992)
Ksenia Afanasyeva 1991– Russian artistic gymnast
Craig Cunningham 1990– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Aoi Nakabeppu 1990– Japanese fashion model and actress (born 1990)
Luciano Narsingh 1990– Dutch footballer (born 1990)
Elysée Irié Bi Séhi 1989– Ivorian footballer
Kenny Edwards 1989– New Zealand rugby league footballer

People

Died on September 13

Wolfgang Gerhardt German politician (1943–2024)
Pravin Gordhan South African politician (1949–2024)
Lex Marinos Australian actor (1949–2024)
Mary McFadden American fashion designer (1938–2024)
Jean-Luc Godard French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)
Eddie Money American musician (1949–2019)
Pete Domenici American politician (1932–2017)
Jonathan Riley-Smith British historian
Vivinho Brazilian footballer
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Erma Bergmann Baseball player
Brian Close English cricketer (1931–2015)
Moses Malone American basketball player (1955–2015)
Benjamin Adekunle Nigerian Army officer
Helen Filarski American baseball player (1924–2014)
Milan Galić Serbian footballer
Frank Torre American baseball player (1931–2014)
Olusegun Agagu Nigerian politician (1948–2013)
Robert J. Behnke American fisheries biologist

Timeline

Every September 13 on record

  1. -585 Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.

    Fifth King of Rome

    Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was the legendary fifth king of Rome and the first representative of the Etruscan dynasty on the Roman throne. The cognomen Priscus, meaning "Old" or "Elder" in Latin, became established in ancient sources to distinguish him from Tarquinius Superbus, who would later ascend the throne. He reigned for approximately thirty-eight years.

  2. -509 The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.

    Temple on the Capitoline Hill of Ancient Rome

    The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill. It was surrounded by the Area Capitolina, a precinct where numerous shrines, altars, statues and victory trophies were displayed.

  3. 533 Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.

    6th-century Byzantine general

    Flavius Belisarius was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian I. Belisarius was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century prior. He is considered one of the greatest military commanders of Byzantium and in history generally.

  4. 1229 Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.

    Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241

    Ögedei Khan was the second khan of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan, he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun.

  5. 1437 Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.

    Failed Portuguese invasion of the Marinid city

    The Battle of Tangier, sometimes referred to as the siege of Tangiers, and by the Portuguese, as the disaster of Tangier, refers to the attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier and its defeat by the armies of the Marinid Sultanate in 1437.

  6. 1609 Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
  7. 1645 Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
  8. 1743 Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
  9. 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
  10. 1782 American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
  11. 1788 The Congress of the Confederation sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
  12. 1791 King Louis XVI accepts the new French constitution.
  13. 1807 Beethoven's Mass in C major, Op. 86, is premiered, commissioned by Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and displeasing him.
  14. 1808 Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
  15. 1812 War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
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  1. 1814 In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
  2. 1843 The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
  3. 1847 Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
  4. 1848 Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
  5. 1862 American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
  6. 1880 The Basuto Gun War breaks out after the Basuto launch a rebellion against the Cape Colony.
  7. 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
  8. 1898 Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
  9. 1899 Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  10. 1900 Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
  11. 1906 The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  12. 1922 The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
  13. 1923 Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
  14. 1933 Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
  15. 1942 World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.

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