Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 13
July 13: Bon Festival in Japan
- 1174 – William the Lion, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–1174, was captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
- 1772 – HMS Resolution set sail from Plymouth, England, under the command of Captain James Cook.
- 1793 – Jean-Paul Marat, a leader in the French Revolution, was murdered in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.
- 1878 – The major powers redrew the map of the Balkans in the Treaty of Berlin.
- 1985 – Live Aid benefit concerts, organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, were held in London and Philadelphia.