1913 events

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)