February 13th, 1456

Born on February 13th, 1456

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 207,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 470 days, exactly on August 8th, 2025, people who were born on February 13th, 1456 will be 208,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 13th?

February 13th, 2017

Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was assassinated using VX nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

February 13th, 2012

The first Vega rocket was launched by the European Space Agency from the Guiana Space Centre.

February 13th, 1991

Gulf War: The United States Air Force dropped two laser-guided "smart bombs" on an air-raid shelter in Baghdad, Iraq, which was believed to be a military command site, killing at least 408 civilians.

February 13th, 1970

The English rock band Black Sabbath released their debut album, which is generally accepted as the first heavy metal album.

February 13th, 1961

Geode prospectors near Olancha, California, discovered what they claimed to be a 500,000-year-old rock with a 1920s-era spark plug encased within (pictured).

February 13th, 1960

African-American college students staged the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of a nonviolent direct-action campaign to end racial segregation in the U.S.

February 13th, 1945

World War II: The Allies began a strategic bombing of Dresden, Germany, creating a lethal firestorm that killed tens of thousands of civilians.

February 13th, 1867

Work began on the covering of the Senne (pictured), burying the polluted main river of Brussels to allow for urban renewal in the centre of the city.

February 13th, 1692

Members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands were massacred, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II.

February 13th, 1689

Glorious Revolution: The English Parliament passed the Declaration of Right, proclaiming Mary Stuart and her husband William of Orange as co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland.

February 13th, 1660

The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.

February 13th, 1891

Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.

February 13th, 1258

Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire, orders his army to sack and plunder the city of Baghdad, which they had just captured.

February 13th, 2021

A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico.

February 13th, 2017

Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

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

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

25

Mary of Burgundy

Duchess of Burgundy and wife of Emperor Maximilian I (1457-1482)

*February 13th, 1457, Brussels metropolitan area †March 27th, 1482, Bruges

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

30

Memphis Depay

Dutch association football player

*February 13th, 1994, Moordrecht

68

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist (1766–1834)

*February 13th, 1766, Westcott †December 23rd, 1834, Bath

68

Alexander VII

Pope from 1655 to 1667

*February 13th, 1599, Siena †May 22nd, 1667, Rome

80

Stockard Channing

American actress (born 1944)

*February 13th, 1944, New York City

35

Julian Schieber

German football player

*February 13th, 1989, Backnang

72

Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

German politician

*February 13th, 1952, Sulz am Neckar

64

Pierluigi Collina

Italian international football referee

*February 13th, 1960, Bologna

85

Beate Klarsfeld

French journalist, Nazi hunter, and historian

*February 13th, 1939, Berlin

79

Friedrich Christian Delius

German writer

*February 13th, 1943, Rome †May 30th, 2022, Berlin

50

Robbie Williams

British singer-songwriter (born 1974)

*February 13th, 1974, Stoke-on-Trent

84

Eleanor Farjeon

English children's writer

*February 13th, 1881, London †June 5th, 1965, Hampstead

77

Carol Lynley

American actress (1942–2019)

*February 13th, 1942, Manhattan †September 3rd, 2019, Pacific Palisades

34

El Rubius

Spanish-Norwegian YouTuber and streamer

*February 13th, 1990, Mijas

79

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

*February 13th, 1910, London †August 12th, 1989, Stanford

74

Peter Gabriel

British musician, composer and songwriter (born 1950)

*February 13th, 1950, Chobham

Same year
Born in 1456

60

Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary

King of Bohemia and Hungary

*March 1st, 1456, Kraków †March 13th, 1516, Buda

28

Anne Neville

Queen of England from 1483 to 1485

*June 11th, 1456, Warwick Castle †March 16th, 1485, Westminster

32

Albert, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg

Margrave of Baden-Hachberg

*January 1st, 1456, Hochburg †January 1st, 1488, Damme

17

Gonghye

Queen; Korean royal consort

*October 11th, 1456, Hanseongbu †April 15th, 1474, Changdeokgung

44

Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine

Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth, by marriage Electress Palatine

*November 7th, 1456, Amberg †January 25th, 1501, Heidelberg

30

Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland

Queen consort of Scotland

*June 23rd, 1456, Copenhagen †July 14th, 1486, Stirling Castle

67

Bernardino López de Carvajal

Catholic cardinal

*September 8th, 1456, Plasencia †December 16th, 1523, Rome

67

Achille Grassi

Italian cardinal

*February 16th, 1456, Bologna †November 22nd, 1523, Rome

66

Jurij Slatkonja

Composer and bishop

*March 21st, 1456, Ljubljana †April 26th, 1522, Vienna

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Public holidays on February 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 13th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1456 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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