What Day Of The Week Was August 13?

August 13: Day of the Week

August 13, 2026 is the 225th day of the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

August 13 by the Numbers

• 177 days since August 13
• 0 year, 5 months, and 24 days ago
• 5 months since then
• August 13 is in the 33rd week of the year 2026 (ISO 8601)
• 25 weeks ago
• The year 2026 is not a leap year

August 13 Historical Event(s)

1553Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic. 1704War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrian forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops. 1814The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London. 1898Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands. 1906The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. 1918Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist. 1942Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the “Development of Substitute Materials” project, better known as the Manhattan Project. 1954Radio Pakistan broadcasts the “Qaumī Tarāna”, the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time. 1961The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants’ attempts to escape to the West. 1978150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

Who were born on August 13?

1584Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) 1717Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) 1790William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872) 1902Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988) 1945Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician 1960Phil Taylor, English darts player 1972Michael Sinterniklaas, French American actor 1973Molly Henneberg, American journalist 1984Boone Logan, American baseball player 1990mohammed fahad faleh AL-Qahtani

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