The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiates a period of almost four decades of independence. Date: February 13, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. Date: February 9, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On…
Claudio Monteverdi's last opera L'incoronazione di Poppea was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years. Date: February 5, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane. Date: February 5, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. Date: February 3, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City. Date: February 2, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece. Date: January 18, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)
Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan writes his first letter to G. H. Hardy at Cambridge, stating without proof various formulae involving integrals, infinite series, and continued fractions, beginning a long correspondence between the two as well as widespread recognition of Ramanujan's results. Date: January 16, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January…
First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war. Date: January 5, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this…
First Balkan War: Greece completes its capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. Date: January 3, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)