July 13th, 1488

Born on July 13th, 1488

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

55

Francis Drake

English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

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

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

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

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

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

25

Natsuki Oie

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Ishikawa Prefecture

31

Kristjan Kaljurand

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1992, Tallinn

24

Leong Jun Hao

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1999, Kuala Lumpur

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

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

86

Clement X

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676

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

78

Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

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

66

Dene Smuts

South African politician

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

30

Linnea Berthelsen

Danish actress

*July 13th, 1993, Copenhagen

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

81

John Dee

16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist

*July 13th, 1527, London †November 30th, 1608, Mortlake

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

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

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56

Johannes Magnus

Roman Catholic archbishop

*March 19th, 1488, Linköping Cathedral Congregation †March 22nd, 1544, Rome

50

Ferdinand Columbus

Spanish bibliophile and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus (1488-1539)

*August 15th, 1488, Córdoba †July 12th, 1539, Seville

64

Sebastian Münster

German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebrew scholar

*January 20th, 1488, Nieder-Ingelheim †May 26th, 1552, Basel

35

Ulrich von Hutten

German scholar, poet and reformer (1488-1523)

*April 21st, 1488, Steckelberg Castle †August 29th, 1523, Ufenau

61

Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria

Duke of Calabria

*December 17th, 1488, Andria †October 26th, 1550, Valencia

52

Helius Eobanus Hessus

16th-century German poet

*January 6th, 1488, Halgehausen †October 4th, 1540, Marburg

79

Marius Nizolius

Italian academic

*March 5th, 1488, Brescello †June 5th, 1567, Sabbioneta

69

Juan Álvarez de Toledo

Catholic cardinal

*July 15th, 1488, Toledo †September 15th, 1557, Rome

71

Pedro Pacheco de Villena

Catholic cardinal

*June 29th, 1488, La Puebla de Montalbán †March 5th, 1560, Rome

60

Johann Briesmann

German theologian

*December 31st, 1488, Cottbus †October 1st, 1549, Königsberg

72

Caspar Aquila

German religious reformer

*August 16th, 1488, Augsburg †November 22nd, 1560, Saalfeld

56

Jungjong of Joseon

11th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

*March 5th, 1488, Changdeokgung †November 15th, 1544, Changgyeonggung

78

Girolamo della Robbia

Italian sculptor (1488–1566)

*March 9th, 1488, Florence †August 4th, 1566, Paris

16

Sidonie of Bavaria

Eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich

*May 1st, 1488, Munich †March 29th, 1505, Munich

63

George de Hohenlohe-Waldenbourg

(1488-1551)

*January 17th, 1488, Neuenstein †March 16th, 1551, Waldenburg

43

Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg

German military leader

*January 25th, 1488, Bad Waldsee †May 29th, 1531, Bad Waldsee

55

Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

German noble

*January 1st, 1488, Ratzeburg †August 1st, 1543, Ratzeburg

49

John III of the Palatinate

48th Archbishop of Regensburg

*May 7th, 1488, Heidelberg †February 3rd, 1538

51

Jodock III of Rosenberg

Bohemian nobleman (1488-1539)

*June 30th, 1488, Český Krumlov †October 15th, 1539

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Yes: 1488 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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