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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1567" title="1567">1567</a> – A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Oosterweel" title="Battle of Oosterweel">Battle of Oosterweel</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Netherlands" title="Habsburg Netherlands">Habsburg Netherlands</a>, beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War" title="Eighty Years' War">Eighty Years' War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1741" title="1741">1741</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear" title="War of Jenkins' Ear">War of Jenkins' Ear</a>: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias" title="Battle of Cartagena de Indias">Battle of Cartagena de Indias</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese" title="Murder of Kitty Genovese">Kitty Genovese</a></b> was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect" title="Bystander effect">bystander effect</a> due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_massacre" title="Dunblane massacre">A mass shooting at a school</a></b> occurred in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane" title="Dunblane">Dunblane</a>, Scotland, killing 17 people and prompting tighter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Firearms regulation in the United Kingdom">gun control in the UK</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Griffin,_4th_Baron_Howard_de_Walden" title="John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden">John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1719); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Anderssen" title="Adolf Anderssen">Adolf Anderssen</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1879); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meinhard_Michael_Moser" title="Meinhard Michael Moser">Meinhard Michael Moser</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Howard" title="Jan Howard">Jan Howard</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1929)</p>
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