This Day in History
Today: June 13, 2026
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.[1]
1325
Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years).[2]
1381
In England, the Peasants' Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, comes to a head, as rebels set fire to the Savoy Palace.[3]
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.[4]
1525
Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.[5]
1625
King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.[6]
1740
Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.[7]
1774
Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.[8]
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.
1805
Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.[9]
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