Histort of 13th july

1.  The Crusaders launch their final assault on Jerusalem.on July 13 1099

2.  Ottoman armies capture Tabriz in northwestern Persia.on July 13 1534

3.  Led by the count of Egmont, the Spanish army defeats the French at Gravelines, France.on July 13 1558

4.  A group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, reaches Roanoke Island, North Carolina.on July 13 1585

5.  In England, the Roundheads, led by Sir William Waller, are defeated by Royalist troops under Lord Wilmot in the Battle of Roundway Down.on July 13 1643

6.  George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to the French, leaving them in control of the Ohio Valley.on July 13 1754

7.  Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery.on July 13 1787

8.  English poet William Wordsworth visits the ruins of Tintern Abbey.on July 13 1798

9.  Henry Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.on July 13 1832

10. Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union army at Murfreesboro, Tennessee.on July 13 1862

11. Opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting in New York City.on July 13 1863

12. The Great Eastern begins a two week voyage to complete a 12-year effort to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic between Britain and the United States.on July 13 1866

13. The Congress of Berlin divides the Balkans among European powers.on July 13 1878

14. Frank Sinatra records his first song, “From the Bottom of my Heart,” with the Harry James Band.on July 13 1939

15. Britain and the Soviet Union sign a mutual aid pact, providing the means for Britain to send war materiel to the Soviet Union.on July 13 1941

16. In Geneva, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China and France reach an accord on Indochina, dividing Vietnam into two countries, North and South, along the 17th parallel.on July 13 1954

17. The Army of Morocco executes 10 leaders accused of leading a revolt.on July 13 1971