Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13
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- 1781 - William Herschel (pictured) discovered the planet Uranus, thinking it was a comet.
- Nihilist plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki.
- Roman Ungern von Sternberg, proclaimed its independence from China.
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- 1996 - Dunblane massacre: A spree killer in Dunblane, Scotland shot 16 children and a teacher at a primary school to their death and then committed suicide.
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