Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden. On **13 August 1905**, Norwegian voters overwhelmingly supported ending their country’s union with Sweden, an arrangement that…
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13 August 1553
Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic. Michael Servetus (1511–1553) was a Spanish theologian, physician, and polymath whose radical…
13 August 1516
The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles’s claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor,…
13 August 1645
Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro. The Second Treaty of Brömsebro was a significant diplomatic agreement signed on August 13, 1645, between Sweden and…
13 August 1967
Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana’s Glacier National Park in separate incidents
13 August 2015
At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2015_Baghdad_bombing’]
13 August 1645
Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro. The Second Treaty of Brömsebro or the Peace of Brömsebro was signed on 13 August 1645, and ended…
13 August 1905
Norway votes to end the union with Sweden. The dissolution of the union between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte,…