Editing 1913 (section)

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1913}}
* [[August 2]] &ndash; The first known ascent of [[Mount Olympus]] in Greece is made by Swiss mountaineers Daniel Baud-Bovy and [[Frédéric Boissonnas]] guided by [[Christos Kakkalos]].
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]: The city of [[Chongqing]] (Chungking) declares independence; Republican forces crush the rebellion in a couple of weeks.
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Second Balkan War]]: The [[Treaty of Bucharest (1913)|Treaty of Bucharest]] is signed, ending the war. [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] is divided, and [[Northern Epirus]] is assigned to [[Provisional Government of Albania|Albania]].
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Harry Brearley]] invents [[stainless steel]] in [[Sheffield]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006|pages=94}}</ref>
* [[August 20]] &ndash; After his airplane fails at an altitude of {{convert|900|ft|m}}, aviator [[Adolphe Pégoud]] becomes the first person to bail out from an airplane and land safely.<ref>"Airman Uses Parachute". ''New York Times''. August 20, 1913.</ref>
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[The Little Mermaid (statue)|The Little Mermaid]] statue is finished in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Dublin Lock-out]] in Ireland: Members of [[James Larkin]]'s [[Irish Transport and General Workers' Union]] employed by the [[Dublin United Transport Company|Dublin United Tramways Company]] begin strike action in defiance of the dismissal of [[trade union]] members by its chairman.<ref name=Yeates>{{cite journal|first=Padraig|last=Yeates|title=The Dublin 1913 Lockout|url=http://www.historyireland.com//volumes/volume9/issue2/features/?id=259|year=2009|journal=[[History Ireland]]|volume=9|issue=2|access-date=2012-10-19|archive-date=September 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926003531/http://www.historyireland.com/volumes/volume9/issue2/features/?id=259|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] &ndash; Dublin Lock-out: "Bloody Sunday": The dispute escalates when the [[Dublin Metropolitan Police]] kill one demonstrator and injure 400, in dispersing a demonstration.<ref name=Cottrell/><ref name=Yeates/>