Death of Katherine, Lady Berkeley
Katherine, Lady Berkeley, English benefactor and founder of the chantry school at Wotton-under-Edge, died on 13 March 1385.
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Katherine, Lady Berkeley, English benefactor and founder of the chantry school at Wotton-under-Edge, died on 13 March 1385.
View detailsPope Sixtus IV granted Isabella and Ferdinand authority over the Spanish Inquisition in Castile via papal bull.
View detailsIntroduced state-supervised compulsory primary education on March 13, 1754.
View detailsHalley’s Comet was observed at perihelion on 13 March 1759, confirming the calculations Lepaute helped produce.
View detailsIssued the Robot Patent regulating peasant labor on March 13, 1771.
View detailsIn Vienna, Clara Wieck is appointed k.k. Kammer-Virtuosin by Emperor Ferdinand I, a rare imperial title for a young woman pianist.
View detailsStefania Wolicka received her PhD in philosophy at the University of Zurich.
View detailsJanet Flanner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 13, 1892.
View detailsLouise Otto-Peters passed away on March 13, 1895, in Leipzig.
View detailsMorgan was granted her California state architect's license, becoming the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California.
View detailsPremiere of Mata Hari’s first public "Oriental" dance performance at the Musée Guimet in Paris.
View detailsMargaret Sanger's husband William was arrested for distributing her contraception pamphlet, prompting her return from London.
View detailsPhyllis Fraser was born on March 13, 1917, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
View detailsJosephine St. Pierre Ruffin died in Boston on March 13, 1924.
View detailsMadison set two more world records at the Florida national championships: 1:00.4 in the 100-yard freestyle and 2:35 in the 220-yard freestyle.
View detailsFitzgerald won the GRAMMY for Best Jazz Vocal Album for 'Fine and Mellow' on March 13, 1980.
View detailsSusan Butcher made history with her first Iditarod win and a new race record.
View detailsSelena releases "Amor Prohibido," which later spends 97 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Albums chart.
View detailsOdette Hallowes died aged 82 in Surrey, England, remembered as one of the most decorated heroines of the French Resistance.
View detailsGrace Hudowalski died at age 98; on the same day, she was awarded the Adirondack Mountain Club's Trail Blazer Award.
View detailsLilian Bader died in Bournemouth on 13 March 2015, aged 97, remembered as a pioneering Black servicewoman and educator.
View detailsPresident Trump announced Gina Haspel's nomination as the first woman to lead the CIA.
View detailsThe Library of Congress hosts a screening and conversation with Steinem tied to the theatrical production "Gloria: A Life."
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