Editing January 13 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville]], representative of [[Revolutionary France]], is lynched by a mob in Rome.
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: A [[Action of 13 January 1797|naval battle]] between a French [[ship of the line]] and two British frigates off the coast of [[Brittany]] ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: [[British Empire|British]] troops capture [[Battle of Fort Peter|Fort Peter]] in [[St. Marys, Georgia]], the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
*[[1822]] &ndash; The design of the [[Flag of Greece|Greek flag]] is adopted by the [[First National Assembly at Epidaurus]].
*[[1833]] &ndash; United States President [[Andrew Jackson]] writes to [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] elect [[Martin Van Buren]] expressing his opposition to [[South Carolina]]'s defiance of federal authority in the [[Nullification Crisis]].
*[[1840]] &ndash; The steamship ''[[Lexington (steamship)|Lexington]]'' burns and sinks four miles off the coast of [[Long Island]] with the loss of 139 lives.
*[[1842]] &ndash; Dr. [[William Brydon]], an assistant surgeon in the British [[East India Company]] Army during the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]], becomes famous for being the [[1842 retreat from Kabul|sole survivor of an army]] of 4,500 men and 12,000 [[camp follower]]s when he reaches the safety of a garrison in [[Jalalabad]], Afghanistan.
*[[1847]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Cahuenga]] ends the [[Mexican–American War]] in [[California]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; Establishment of the [[Colony of Vancouver Island]].
*  1849   &ndash; Second Anglo-Sikh War: [[Battle of Chillianwala]]: British forces retreat from the Sikhs.
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[National Geographic Society]] is founded in Washington, D.C.
*[[1893]] &ndash; The [[Independent Labour Party]] of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
*  1893   &ndash; [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] land in [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]] from the {{USS|Boston|1884|6}} to prevent the queen from abrogating the [[1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|Bayonet Constitution]].
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[First Italo-Ethiopian War]]: The war's opening battle, the [[Battle of Coatit]], occurs; it is an Italian victory.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Émile Zola]]'s ''[[J'accuse…!]]'' exposes the [[Dreyfus affair]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; To combat [[Czech nationalism]], Emperor [[Franz Joseph]] decrees [[German language|German]] will be language of the [[Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=10|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref>