WHAT HAPPENED ON 13. SEPTEMBER
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Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. (13. September 585. BC)

The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September. (13. September 509. BC)

Emperor Constantine the Great consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. (13. September 335)

Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa. (13. September 533)

Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia. (13. September 1229)

Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. (13. September 1501)

Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built. (13. September 1504)

After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism. (13. September 1541)

San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished. (13. September 1584)

Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River. (13. September 1609)

Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms. (13. September 1743)

Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War. (13. September 1759)

American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. (13. September 1782)

The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital. (13. September 1788)

King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution. (13. September 1791)

Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero. (13. September 1808)

War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows. (13. September 1812)

In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem. (13. September 1814)

The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution. (13. September 1843)

Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War. (13. September 1847)