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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1913:

1 Events

• The Serbian air force is established as an army air service. Six officers receive pilot training in France.
• First air strike ever. Mexican pilot Gustavo Salinas Camilla and Frenchman Didier Masson, attacked land and naval federal forces for rebels led by Pancho VillaFor information about the boxer, see Pancho Villa (boxer . Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula ( June 5, 1878 July 20, 1923) — better known by his nom de guerre Francisco Villa or, in its diminutive form, Pancho Villa — was one of the foremost generals of the Me.

January

• January 13January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year). Events 888 Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. 1847 - Brazilian naval aviation commences with the foundation of a flying school.

February

• February 11February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 323 days remaining, 324 in leap years. Events through 1799 660 BC Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno. 731 Gregory II ends his reign as Pope. 824 Paschal I - the Chilean air force is established at Lo Espejo (today El Bosque ).

March

• ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute obtains twelve military aircraft from France.
• March 15March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). There are 291 days remaining. In the Roman calendar March 15 was known as the Ides of March. Events 44 BC Ides of March: Julius Caesar, General of the Roman Republic, was - The US Army forms the 1st Aero Squadron under Capt Charles Chandler at Texas City to scout for Mexican incursions along the border.

April

• April 16April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). There are 259 days remaining. Events 1178 BC A solar eclipse may mark the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca to his Kingdom after the Trojan War. 1071 Bari fa - First contest for the Schneider Trophy. Maurice Prévost wins in a Deperdussin monoplane, completing the 28 circuits of the 10 km (6.2 mile) course with an average speed of 73.63 km/h (45.75 mph)
• April 24 - O. Gilbert flies 825 km from Villacoublay to Vitoria (8 hours and 23 minutes).

July

• July 1 - Royal Netherlands Army forms its Aviation Division (Luchtvaart Afdeling)

August

• August 7 - Aviation pioneer Samuel Cody is killed in a crash
• August 20 - 700 feet above Buc , France, parachutist Adolphe Pegond becomes the first person to jump from an airplane and land safely.

September

• September 1 - Frenchman Adolphe Pégoud does the first upside-down flight.
• September 9 - Prevost reaches 204 km/h with the "Deperdussin-racing aeroplane".
• September 23 - Roland Garros makes the first air crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. He flies the 729 km (453 miles) from Saint-Raphael to Bizerte in 7 hours 53 minutes.

December

• December 13- 14 - German balloonist Hugo Kaulen stays aloft for 87 hours. This record lasted until 1935.