Historical Events on March 13

1575 battle in eastern India

1801 battle during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria

1806 minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars

1811 naval action in the Adriatic Sea

First battle of the Dominican War of Independence (1844–1856)

Second Battle of Topolobampo

Kapp Putsch — attempted coup in the Weimar Republic

1932 German presidential election — presidential election of the Weimar Republic

Anschluss — annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938

19th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1946

1983 Brazilian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held at Jacarepaguá

6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Erzincan in eastern Turkey on March 13, 1992

Phoenix Lights — light phenomenon that occurred on March 13 1997 over Arizona and Nevada, United States

Ultra Music Festival — electronic music festival

1999 Terrorist attack in Istanbul

2016 military operation

Virus super spreader event

Missile attacks on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq