July 13th, 1279

Born on July 13th, 1279

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 13th?

July 13th, 2020

After a five day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru, confirming her death.

July 13th, 2013

Typhoon Soulik makes landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people.

July 13th, 2003

French Directorate-General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC guerrillas, resulting in a political scandal.

July 13th, 1992

The Croatian Army concludes Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.

July 13th, 1973

Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval Office.

July 13th, 1943

World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, begins.

July 13th, 1942

World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

July 13th, 1913

While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.

July 13th, 1863

Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War.

July 13th, 1831

Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic (cover shown), which engendered a period of unprecedented reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society.

July 13th, 1643

English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.

July 13th, 1586

Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repel a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria at the Battle of Pantelleria.

July 13th, 1260

Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe.

July 13th, 1260

The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

July 13th, 1249

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

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

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

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

28

Vilde Bøe Risa

Norwegian association football player

*July 13th, 1995, Bergen

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 13th, 1959, Güímar

55

Francis Drake

English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

*July 13th, 1540, Tavistock †January 27th, 1596, Portobelo

82

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

36

Vitalii Konov

Ukrainian badminton player

*July 13th, 1987, Priozersk

26

Ben Lane

English badminton player

*July 13th, 1997, Kingston upon Thames

25

Natsuki Oie

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Ishikawa Prefecture

24

Leong Jun Hao

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1999, Kuala Lumpur

31

Kristjan Kaljurand

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1992, Tallinn

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

78

Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

*July 13th, 1941, Rochester †October 11th, 2019, Los Angeles

30

Linnea Berthelsen

Danish actress

*July 13th, 1993, Copenhagen

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

81

Harrison Ford

American actor (born 1942)

*July 13th, 1942, Swedish Hospital

37

Stanley Weber

French actor

*July 13th, 1986, Paris

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

*July 13th, 1816, Kluczbork †April 30th, 1895, Wiesbaden

83

David Storey

British writer (1933-2017)

*July 13th, 1933, Wakefield †March 27th, 2017, London

66

Dene Smuts

South African politician

*July 13th, 1949, Bloemfontein †April 21st, 2016, Cape Town

100

Margaret Murray

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

*July 13th, 1863, Kolkata †November 13th, 1963, Welwyn

86

Clement X

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676

*July 13th, 1590, Rome †July 22nd, 1676, Rome

39

Ida Maria

Norwegian singer

*July 13th, 1984, Nesna Municipality

30

Linda Indergand

Cyclist

*July 13th, 1993, Altdorf

23

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen

Danish actor

*July 13th, 2000, Copenhagen

20

Wyatt Oleff

American actor

*July 13th, 2003, Chicago

75

Alf Hansen

Norwegian rower

*July 13th, 1948, Oslo

57

Ernst Müller

German association football player (1901-1958)

*July 13th, 1901, Berlin †September 13th, 1958

63

Ian Hislop

Satirical comedian, editor, television and radio presenter

*July 13th, 1960, The Mumbles

53

Sharon Horgan

Irish actress, writer and comedian

*July 13th, 1970, London Borough of Hackney

48

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)

*July 13th, 1608, Graz †April 2nd, 1657, Vienna

62

Khalid Mahmood

British politician (born 1961)

*July 13th, 1961, Azad Kashmir

68

Eric Portman

British actor (1901-1969)

*July 13th, 1901, Halifax †December 7th, 1969, Cornwall

92

Alexandre Astruc

French film director

*July 13th, 1923, 16th arrondissement of Paris †May 19th, 2016, Paris

33

Kieran Foran

New Zealand rugby league footballer (born 1990)

*July 13th, 1990, Auckland

71

Dominique Bussereau

French politician

*July 13th, 1952, Tours

21

Aurora Cotop

Figure skater

*July 13th, 2002, Toronto

73

Ma Ying-jeou

President of Taiwan from 2008 to 2016

*July 13th, 1950, Kwong Wah Hospital

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1279 is a normal year and no leap year.

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