April 13th, 1229

Born on April 13th, 1229

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 556 days, exactly on January 5th, 2026, people who were born on April 13th, 1229 will be 291,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 13th?

April 13th, 2017

War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.

April 13th, 2009

Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.

April 13th, 1997

In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.

April 13th, 1973

Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.

April 13th, 1958

In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

April 13th, 1956

The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.

April 13th, 1953

The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.

April 13th, 1946

Nakam, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for the Holocaust, attempted to poison thousands of SS prisoners at Langwasser internment camp, but did not kill anyone.

April 13th, 1943

The Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial (pictured) in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.

April 13th, 1942

Austrian soldier Anton Schmid was executed for rescuing Jews from the Ponary massacre in Vilnius.

April 13th, 1849

During a closed session of the Diet of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth presented the Hungarian Declaration of Independence from the Habsburg monarchy.

April 13th, 1829

The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.

April 13th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.

April 13th, 1742

The first performance of George Frideric Handel's celebrated oratorio Messiah took place in Dublin.

April 13th, 2024

Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 13th

Born on April 13th, 1229

64

Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine (1229-1294)

*April 13th, 1229, Heidelberg †February 2nd, 1294, Heidelberg

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 13th?

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*April 13th, 1743, Shadwell †July 4th, 1826, Monticello

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

30

Kasper Antonsen

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1994, Aarhus

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

29

Uliana Podpalnaya

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1995, Barnaul

64

Arthur Cave

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1883, Cork †November 30th, 1947, Clontarf

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

78

Al Green

American singer

*April 13th, 1946, Forrest City

61

Garry Kasparov

Russian chess grandmaster and activist

*April 13th, 1963, Baku

49

Lou Bega

German singer

*April 13th, 1975, Munich

69

Catherine de' Medici

Queen-consort and regent of France (1519-1589)

*April 13th, 1519, Florence †January 5th, 1589, Château de Blois

62

Mathias Hönerbach

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1962, Cologne

42

Nellie McKay

American musician

*April 13th, 1982, London

83

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

*April 13th, 1939, Bensonhurst †July 25th, 2022, Jacksonville

56

Jeanne Balibar

French actress and singer

*April 13th, 1968, Paris

50

Martin Höllwarth

Ski jumper

*April 13th, 1974, Schwaz

46

Carles Puyol

Spanish association football player

*April 13th, 1978, La Pobla de Segur

69

Alfred Wiedensohler

German physicist

*April 13th, 1955, Jülich

41

Hunter Pence

American baseball player

*April 13th, 1983, Fort Worth

86

Ludwig von Ficker

Austrian publisher and writer

*April 13th, 1880, Munich †March 20th, 1967, Innsbruck

80

Jacques Lacan

French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)

*April 13th, 1901, 3rd arrondissement of Paris †September 9th, 1981, 6th arrondissement of Paris

83

Samuel Beckett

Nobel-winning Irish writer (1906–1989)

*April 13th, 1906, Dublin †December 22nd, 1989, Paris

23

Neco Williams

Welsh association football player

*April 13th, 2001, Wrexham

41

Claudio Bravo

Chilean association football player

*April 13th, 1983, Loncoche

64

Rudi Völler

German footballer and manager

*April 13th, 1960, Hanau

74

Lutz Wicke

German professor

*April 13th, 1943, Herrnhut †June 14th, 2017, Berlin

80

Susan Davis

American politician

*April 13th, 1944, Cambridge

60

Thomas Lawrence

English portrait painter (1769–1830)

*April 13th, 1769, Bristol †January 7th, 1830, London

54

Jules Irving

American actor (1925-1979)

*April 13th, 1925, New York City †July 28th, 1979, Reno

71

Brigitte Macron

French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron

*April 13th, 1953, Amiens

65

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Marshal of France (1764-1830)

*April 13th, 1764, Toul †March 17th, 1830, Hyères

77

Julius Nyerere

Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922-1999) and Servant of God

*April 13th, 1922, Butiama †October 14th, 1999, London

87

Edward Fox

British actor (born 1937)

*April 13th, 1937, Chelsea

74

Ron Perlman

American actor (born 1950)

*April 13th, 1950, Washington Heights

92

Eudora Welty

American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001)

*April 13th, 1909, Jackson †July 23rd, 2001, Jackson

81

Lawrence G. Paull

Production designer, art director (1938-2019)

*April 13th, 1938, Chicago †November 10th, 2019, La Jolla

86

Georg Lukács

Marxist philosopher and literary critic (1885–1971)

*April 13th, 1885, Budapest †June 4th, 1971, Budapest

80

Stan Robinson

British musician (1936-2017)

*April 13th, 1936, Salford †April 9th, 2017

84

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

French writer and Nobel Prize winner

*April 13th, 1940, Nice

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Songkran) which are celebrated on April 13th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1229 is a normal year and no leap year.

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