On This Day in History August 13, 2019

Historical Events 1521  Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire 1536  Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536). 1642  Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap 1788  Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 1937  Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces begin the Battle of Shanghai, a conflict that will last 3 months and involve 1 million troops 1942  The 'Manhattan Project' commences, under the direction of US General Leslie Groves: its aim - to deliver an atomic bomb More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Ben Hogan (1912 - 1997) Betsy King 64th Birthday Fidel Castro (1926 - 2016) Sridevi Kapoor (1963 - 2018) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) More Famous Deaths