What happened on 13 October?

6 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 54 Reign of Nero Last Julio-Claudian emperor.
2. 1925 Born: Margaret Thatcher First female British PM; 11 years in office transformed Britain's economy and politics.
3. 1946 French Fourth Republic Post-war parliamentary republic plagued by ministerial instability and colonial wars.
4. 1307 Arrest of the Knights Templar Philip IV of France orders the simultaneous arrest of all Templars on Friday 13 October 1307; tortured confessions extracted.
5. 1919 The White advance crests at Orel Denikin's Volunteer Army takes Orel, 250 miles from Moscow, at the same moment Yudenich reaches the suburbs of Petrograd — the Whites' high-water mark. Both drives break within the
6. 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights An American invasion across the Niagara is thrown back; General Brock dies leading the counterattack and becomes Upper Canada's first hero.