March 13th, 1493

Born on March 13th, 1493

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What happened on March 13th?

March 13th, 1741

War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (depicted).

March 13th, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.

March 13th, 1996

A mass shooting at a school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 17 people and prompting tighter gun control in the UK.

March 13th, 1988

The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.

March 13th, 1985

One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.

March 13th, 1964

Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.

March 13th, 1962

Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba.

March 13th, 1943

The Holocaust: Nazi troops began the final liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.

March 13th, 1920

The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.

March 13th, 1845

German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as the soloist.

March 13th, 1811

Napoleonic Wars: A British frigate squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.

March 13th, 1781

William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.

March 13th, 1697

Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

March 13th, 1567

A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.

March 13th, 2020

Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.

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

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

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

29

Nozomi Okuhara

Japanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1995, Ōmachi

30

Yang Po-Han

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1994, Taipei

33

Luan Santana

Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)

*March 13th, 1991, Campo Grande

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

70

Joseph Priestley

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

*March 13th, 1733, Birstall †February 6th, 1804, Northumberland

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

85

Innocent XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700

*March 13th, 1615, Spinazzola †September 27th, 1700, Rome

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

35

Pierre Niney

French actor

*March 13th, 1989, Boulogne-Billancourt

57

Hugh Walpole

British writer

*March 13th, 1884, Auckland †June 1st, 1941, London

55

Lazarus Spengler

German hymnwriter

*March 13th, 1479, Nuremberg †September 7th, 1534, Nuremberg

45

Jens Filbrich

German cross-country skier

*March 13th, 1979, Suhl

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47

Paracelsus

Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)

*November 10th, 1493, Einsiedeln †September 24th, 1541, Salzburg

74

Anne de Montmorency

First Duke of Montmorency

*March 15th, 1493, Chantilly †November 12th, 1567, Paris

75

Nicolaus Olahus

Roman Catholic archbishop

*January 10th, 1493, Sibiu †January 15th, 1568, Trnava

59

Olaus Petri

Clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden

*January 6th, 1493, Örebro †April 19th, 1552, Storkyrkoförsamlingen

37

Maximilian Sforza

Duke of Milan

*January 25th, 1493, Milan †June 4th, 1530, Paris

69

Girolamo Seripando

Catholic cardinal

*May 6th, 1493, Troia †March 17th, 1563, Trento

67

Anton Fugger

German merchant (1493-1560)

*June 10th, 1493, Nuremberg †September 14th, 1560, Augsburg

66

Baccio Bandinelli

Artist from Italy (1488-1560)

*November 12th, 1493, Florence †February 7th, 1560, Florence

49

Agnolo Firenzuola

Italian poet and litterateur

*September 28th, 1493, Florence †June 27th, 1543, Prato

75

Bernardo Tasso

Italian poet

*November 11th, 1493, Bergamo †September 5th, 1569, Mantua

76

Eleonora Gonzaga

Duchess of Urbino (1493-1550)

*December 31st, 1493, Mantua †February 13th, 1570, Urbino

65

Alessandro Pasqualini

Italian architect

*May 5th, 1493, Bologna †November 30th, 1558, Bielefeld

63

Giovanni Poggio

Italian cardinal and diplomat

*January 26th, 1493, Bologna †February 12th, 1556, Bologna

32

Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach

German noble and viceroy of Valencia (1493-1525)

*January 9th, 1493, Plassenburg †July 5th, 1525, Valencia

61

Girolamo Bellarmato

Italian architect and engineer

*August 24th, 1493, Siena †April 28th, 1555, Chalon-sur-Saône

62

Justus Jonas

German Lutheran reformer

*June 5th, 1493, Nordhausen †October 9th, 1555, Eisfeld

38

George I, Duke of Pomerania

Duke of Pomerania from the House of Griffins

*April 11th, 1493, Darłowo †May 10th, 1531, Szczecin

79

Johann Pfeffinger

German theologian

*December 27th, 1493, Wasserburg am Inn †January 1st, 1573, Leipzig

82

Santi Buglioni

Italian sculptor (1494-1576)

*November 30th, 1493, Florence †November 30th, 1575, Florence

48

Nicolas Cleynaerts

Flemish grammarian

*December 5th, 1493, Diest †January 1st, 1542, Alhambra

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No: With 365 days 1493 is a normal year and no leap year.

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