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13 October| 13 October 1652 | France [Fronde (1648–52)] | Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, leaves Paris, France, and flees to the Spanish Netherlands after losing the support of the people and the Parlement. | | 13 October 1880 | Transvaal, UK [diplomacy] | The Transvaal declares itself independent from Britain in opposition to Britain's annexation of the Boer Transvaal Republic in 1877. | | 13 October 1922 | Greece, Anatolia [treaties] | The Armistice of Mudania is signed, ending the Greek–Turkish War and formalizing relations between the Allies and the Turkish nationalist government in Ankara; the Allies allow Turkish troops to enter Constantinople (modern Istanbul). | | 13 October 1925 | [births and deaths] | Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of Britain 1979–90, a Conservative, born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. | | 13–14 October 2005 | Russia [terrorism] | In Russia's volatile Caucasian region, Islamic militants launch a series of armed attacks on the town of Nalchik in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. More than 100 people are killed in two days of fighting before the security services regain control. Chechen separatists claim responsibility. |
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