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This is a list of selected May 13 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Rotuma Day in Fiji needs more footnotes
1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. needs rewrite
1638 – Construction began in Delhi on the Red Fort, the residence of the Mughal emperors, now an iconic symbol of India. refimprove section
1846 – The United States declared war on Mexico after a series of disputes in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, starting the Mexican–American War. refimprove section
1848Maamme, the national anthem of Finland written by German composer Fredrik Pacius and Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, was performed for the first time. refimprove section
1912 – The Royal Flying Corps, which later became part of the Royal Air Force, was established in the United Kingdom. needs more footnotes
1917 – Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near Fátima, Portugal, now known as Our Lady of Fátima. refimprove section
1948 – Fifteen Jewish Kibbutz residents of Kfar Etzion were massacred following their surrender after a two-day battle with the Arab Legion and Arab settlers. refimprove section
1952 – The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, held its first sitting. unreferenced section
1958Algerian War: A group of French military officers led a coup in Algiers, demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. refimprove
1967Zakir Husain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India. refimprove section
1969ChineseMalay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, leaving at least 190 people dead, and leading the government to declare a state of emergency and suspend Parliament until 1971. unreferenced section
1981Pope John Paul II was shot and critically wounded in St Peter's Square, Vatican City. lots of CN tags

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May 13

Great Comet of 1861
Great Comet of 1861

Kate Marsden (b. 1859) · Inge Lehmann (b. 1888) · Jagdish Mali (d. 2013)

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