📅 Today in HistoryMay 13
A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades.
Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love.
Mary, Queen of Scots, is defeated at the Battle of Langside, part of the civil war between Queen Mary and the supporters of her son, James VI.
Sword duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on the shores of Ganryū Island. Kojiro dies at the end.
Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
A Venetian fleet under Admiral Cort Adeler breaks through a line of galleys and defeats the Turkish navy.
War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
