WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1913
Find out what all happened January to August 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)

Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio. (21. March 1913)

Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.) (12. March 1913)

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

First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley. (13. August 1913)

King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. (20. February 1913)

Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars. (21. February 1913)

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

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University. (13. January 1913)

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

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

Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague. (28. August 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)

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

Second Balkan War: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends. (12. July 1913)

Natives' Land Act in South Africa implemented. (19. June 1913)

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

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