This Day in History
Today: November 13, 2025
1002
English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.[1]
1093
Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are killed.[2]
1160
Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.[3]
1642
First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.[4]
1715
Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.[5]
1775
American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
1833
Great Meteor Storm of 1833.[6]
1841
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.[7]
1851
The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
1864
American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Bull's Gap ends in a Union rout as Confederates under Major General John C. Breckinridge pursue them to Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.
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