Timeline May 1913

Events in May 1913 7

• 1912 – 1913 First Balkan War -- Europe lost in eight weeks The First Balkan War (October 1912 - May 1913) is the most catastrophic Ottoman military defeat since Ankara (1402). The Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro) attacks simultaneously on all fronts. Within eight weeks the Ottoman army is routed: Bulgaria advances to within 45km of Istanbul; Serbia takes Macedonia; Greece takes Thessaloniki (one day before Bulgaria); Montenegro besieges Shkodër. The empire loses 83% of its remaining European territory and 69% of its European population in eight weeks. The Ottoman army, despite recent modernisation under German advisors, proves unable to fight on multiple fronts against coordinated enemies. It is the definitive end of European Ottoman power.
• 1912 – 1913 The First Balkan War The Balkans The Balkan League drove the Ottomans almost entirely out of Europe. Serbia doubled in size, which Vienna regarded as intolerable.
• 1913 – 1993 Stewart Granger (1913-1993) English actor, a swashbuckling star of MGM adventure films in the 1950s.
• 1913 Stewart Granger born in London Stewart Granger is born in London.
• 1913 – 1994 Peter Cushing (1913-1994) Died 11 August 1994, aged 81 Peter Cushing, the English actor best known for Hammer horror films and as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars, died of cancer in Kent. He was one of the most recognizable faces of British horror cinema.
• 1913 Premiere of The Rite of Spring Stravinsky ballet causes a riot at its Paris debut Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes, premiered at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Its dissonant score and unconventional choreography provoked a near-riot in the audience. The work is now regarded as a landmark of twentieth-century music.
• 1913 Treaty of London Ends First Balkan War Ottoman Empire cedes almost all its European territory The Treaty of London, signed by the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan League, ended the First Balkan War. The Ottomans ceded nearly all of their remaining European territory, and Albania was established as an independent state. Disputes over the division of the spoils quickly led to the Second Balkan War.