January 13th, 1502

Born on January 13th, 1502

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 191,000 days old!

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What happened on January 13th?

January 13th, 2012

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (pictured) ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.

January 13th, 2001

The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.

January 13th, 2000

Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.

January 13th, 1972

Bernice Gera won a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, allowing her to become the first female professional baseball umpire.

January 13th, 1968

American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison in California.

January 13th, 1963

Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.

January 13th, 1915

About 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Province of L'Aquila in Italy.

January 13th, 1884

Welsh physician William Price (pictured) was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; this eventually led to the passing of the Cremation Act 1902 by Parliament.

January 13th, 1847

The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed, informally ending the fighting of the Mexican–American War in California.

January 13th, 1842

First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, was the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad who evaded capture or death.

January 13th, 1815

British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, in the only battle of the War of 1812 to take place in the state of Georgia.

January 13th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground.

January 13th, 1435

Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.

January 13th, 1916

The first Feminist Congress of Yucatán (delegates pictured) began in Mérida, Mexico, to propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights.

January 13th, 1949

In the first recorded instance of strike action by Catholic laity against the clergy, gravediggers at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York City, went on strike.

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

Born on January 13th, 1502

67

Anton Lauterbach

German theologian (1502-1569)

*January 13th, 1502, Stolpen †July 18th, 1569, Pirna

Same year
Born in 1502

55

John III of Portugal

King of Portugal (r. 1521-1557)

*June 7th, 1502, Castle of Saint George †June 11th, 1557, Ribeira Palace

43

Alfonso d'Avalos

Spanish-Italian nobleman; Governor of the Duchy of Milan

*May 25th, 1502, Ischia †March 31st, 1546, Vigevano

72

Georg Major

German theologian (1502-1574)

*April 25th, 1502, Nuremberg †November 28th, 1574, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

68

Francesco Corteccia

Italian composer (1502-1571)

*July 27th, 1502, Florence †June 7th, 1571, Florence

28

Philibert of Chalon

French nobleman

*March 18th, 1502, Lons-le-Saunier †June 3rd, 1530, Gavinana

30

Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Duke of Zweibrücken from 1514 to 1532

*September 14th, 1502, Zweibrücken †December 3rd, 1532, Zweibrücken

71

Damião de Góis

Portuguese philosopher

*February 2nd, 1502, Alenquer †January 30th, 1574, Alenquer

41

Susanna of Bavaria

German noble, House of Wittelsbach

*April 2nd, 1502, Munich †April 23rd, 1543, Neuburg an der Donau

48

Pieter Coecke van Aelst

Flemish painter painter, sculptor, architect, author and designer of woodcuts, goldsmith's work, stained glass and tapestries (1502-1550)

*August 14th, 1502, Aalst †December 6th, 1550, Brussels

52

Christian Egenolff

German printer

*July 26th, 1502, Hadamar †February 9th, 1555, Frankfurt

49

John Leland

English poet and antiquary

*September 13th, 1502, London †April 18th, 1552, London

65

Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess consort of Pomerania (1502-1568)

*December 6th, 1502, Celle †November 6th, 1568, Szczecin

80

Xu Jie

Ming dynasty person CBDB = 68547

*November 30th, 1502, Zhejiang †November 30th, 1582, Shanghai

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Public holidays on January 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Old New Year's Eve , Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period) which are celebrated on January 13th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1502 is a normal year and no leap year.

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