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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_13" title="January 13">January 13</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Knut%27s_Day" title="Saint Knut's Day">Saint Knut's Day</a></b> in Finland and Sweden
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_13_January_1797" title="Action of 13 January 1797">A naval battle</a></b> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a> between two British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> and a French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_the_line" title="Ship of the line">ship of the line</a> ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842" title="1842">1842</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">First Anglo-Afghan War</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brydon" title="William Brydon">William Brydon</a></b>, an assistant surgeon in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, was the sole European of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842_retreat_from_Kabul" title="1842 retreat from Kabul">14,000 people retreating</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalalabad" title="Jalalabad">Jalalabad</a> who evaded capture or death.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915" title="1915">1915</a> – About 30,000 people were killed when <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_Avezzano_earthquake" title="1915 Avezzano earthquake">an earthquake</a></b> struck the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_L%27Aquila" title="Province of L'Aquila">Province of L'Aquila</a> in Italy.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – Togo's first president, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Olympio" title="Sylvanus Olympio">Sylvanus Olympio</a></b>, was assassinated by military officers in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Togolese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1963 Togolese coup d'état">a coup d'état</a></b> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Bodjoll%C3%A9" title="Emmanuel Bodjollé">Emmanuel Bodjollé</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnassingb%C3%A9_Eyad%C3%A9ma" title="Gnassingbé Eyadéma">Étienne Eyadéma</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kl%C3%A9ber_Dadjo" title="Kléber Dadjo">Kléber Dadjo</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – The Italian cruise ship <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia" title="Costa Concordia">Costa Concordia</a></b></i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster" title="Costa Concordia disaster">ran aground on a reef</a> and capsized off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_del_Giglio" title="Isola del Giglio">Isola del Giglio</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany" title="Tuscany">Tuscany</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Filippini" title="Lucy Filippini">Lucy Filippini</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1672); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_P._Chase" title="Salmon P. Chase">Salmon P. Chase</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1808); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Dessauer" title="Guido Dessauer">Guido Dessauer</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>
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