July 13

13Jul2010 In : On this day
Author : FJ

July 13

1772 – Under the command of explorer James Cook, HMS Resolution set sail from Plymouth, England, along with HMS Adventure.
1787 – The Northwest Ordinance was passed by the Congress of the Confederation, creating the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States.
1793 – Charlotte Corday assassinated Jean-Paul Marat, a leader in both the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, in his bathtub.
1830 – The Scottish Church College, the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in India, was founded as the General Assembly’s Institution.
1863 – Three days of rioting began (pictured) in New York City by opponents of new laws passed by the United States Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.

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