WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1913
Find out what all happened January to July 1913

Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran. (23. June 1913)

The British House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill. (30. January 1913)

A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. (9. February 1913)

The British Board of Censors is established. (1. January 1913)

Pedro LascurĂ¡in becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country. (18. February 1913)

The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends. (15. June 1913)

The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. (8. April 1913)

First Balkan War: the Treaty of London (1913), is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation. (30. May 1913)

First Balkan War: During the Battle of Lemnos, 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. (5. January 1913)

Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (28. March 1913)

The Nevill Ground's pavilion is destroyed in a suffragette arson attack becoming the only cricket ground to be attacked by suffragettes. (11. April 1913)

The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes. (4. April 1913)

President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913. (4. July 1913)

Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France. (17. January 1913)

The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century. (17. February 1913)

Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. (3. March 1913)

Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople. (26. March 1913)

Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later. (20. March 1913)

King George I of Greece was assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki. (18. March 1913)

Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors. (3. July 1913)

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