Daily Calendar — November 13

317th day of the year; 48 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

The 100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi, who suffered at the hands of the Khwarazmians (1227); the Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, and Aristobulus—members of the Seventy (1st century); the Martyr Epimachus of Pelusium (250); the Venerable Maura (5th century); and Saint Leontius the Philosopher.

Born:

354 — Aurelius Augustinus (Saint Augustine), Christian theologian; died in 430.

1850 — Robert Louis Stevenson, English writer; died in 1894.

1874 — Marguerite Long, prominent French pianist; died in 1966.

Died:

1868 — Gioachino Rossini, renowned Italian composer.

1903 — Camille Pissarro, French Impressionist painter.

1921 — Grigol Kipshidze, writer, publicist, and theater critic. 1974 — Vittorio De Sica, a prominent Italian film director.

2014 — Kakha Bendukidze — a Georgian statesman and businessman, founder of the charitable organization "Knowledge Fund," and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Free and Agricultural Universities.

Events:

1775 — During the War of Independence, American colonists, under the command of George Washington, captured Montreal.

1851 — A telegraph link was established between London and Paris.

1851 — Railway service began between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

1885 — The Serbian army occupied Bulgaria.

1913 — A peace treaty was signed between Greece and Turkey.

1980 — The American spacecraft Voyager 1 transmitted photographs of Saturn.

Commemorative Day:

International Day of the Blind.