THURSDAY, Aug. 13, 2026
1521-Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan, bringing the Aztec Empire to an end 1536-Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku-ji 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 Mars's southern polar cap 1788-Prussia…
On August 13, 2026, Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés captured Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan, marking the end of the Aztec Empire. In 1536, Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku-ji Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples in Kyoto during the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Mars's southern polar cap in 1642.
Prussia joined the Anglo-Dutch alliance to form the Triple Alliance in 1788, aimed at preventing the spread of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90. In 1923, the Turkish National Congress chose Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as Turkey's first president. The Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1937 with Japanese forces launching the Battle of Shanghai, involving over a million troops.
The Manhattan Project started in 1942 under the direction of U.S. General Leslie Groves to develop an atomic bomb. Finally, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors dropped allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sexual molestation and coercion.
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