Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13
On March 13:
- 874 - The bones of Saint Nicephorus are interred in the Church of the Apostles, Constantinople.
- 1639 - Harvard University is named for a clergyman named John Harvard.
- 1881 - Alexander II of Russia killed in Nihilist bombing.
- 1900 - Boer Wars: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
- 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.