December 13th, 1523

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Born on December 13th, 1523 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 13th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 13th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1523)

Born on December 13th, 1523

Weekday

Thursday

December 13th, 1523 was a Thursday.

Age

500

People born on December 13th, 1523 will turn 501 this year (2024), in exactly 229 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1523 - December 21st, 1523

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 182,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 241 days, exactly on December 25th, 2024, people who were born on December 13th, 1523 will be 183,000 days old!

182,759 Days

26,108 Weeks

6,004 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on December 13th?

December 13th, 2011

A man threw grenades and fired a rifle at crowds in Liège, Belgium, causing 6 deaths and injuring more than 120 others, before killing himself.

December 13th, 1989

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army engaged in a fierce firefight with the King's Own Scottish Borderers at a vehicle checkpoint complex in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

December 13th, 1981

Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski (pictured) declared martial law.

December 13th, 1960

With Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt to install Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen on the throne.

December 13th, 1937

Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces, capturing the Chinese city of Nanjing, began committing numerous atrocities over the next several weeks, including looting, rape and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians.

December 13th, 1928

An American in Paris, a jazz-influenced orchestral piece by George Gershwin, premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York.

December 13th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.

December 13th, 1769

Dartmouth College was established by royal charter in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire.

December 13th, 1643

First English Civil War: Roundhead forces under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack in Hampshire on a winter garrison of Cavalier infantry and cavalry.

December 13th, 2015

Beyoncé (pictured) released her fifth studio album without any prior announcement or promotion; it sold 2.3 million copies before the end of the year.

December 13th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army retreated after the failure of Operation Whirlwind, destroying their tanks to avoid their capture.

December 13th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: While transporting supplies to Guadeloupe, French commodore François Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean captured the British frigate HMS Junon.

December 13th, 2013

Beyoncé (pictured) released her fifth studio album without any prior announcement or promotion; it sold 2.3 million copies before the end of the year.

December 13th, 2007

The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.

December 13th, 2003

Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

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

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

Ludwig Curtius

German classical archeologist

*December 13th, 1874, Augsburg †April 10th, 1954, Rome

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

Sixtus V

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590

*December 13th, 1520, Grottammare †August 27th, 1590, Rome

Henry IV of France

King of France and Navarre; first French monarch of the House of Bourbon (1553-1610)

*December 13th, 1553, Château de Pau †May 14th, 1610, Paris

Werner von Siemens

German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816-1892)

*December 13th, 1816, Lenthe †December 6th, 1892, Charlottenburg

Taylor Swift

American singer-songwriter (born 1989)

*December 13th, 1989, West Reading

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

Eric XIV of Sweden

Swedish king

*December 13th, 1533, Tre Kronor Castle †February 26th, 1577, Örbyhus

Pramudya Kusumawardana

Badminton player

*December 13th, 2000, Sukabumi City

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

Dick Van Dyke

American entertainer and actor

*December 13th, 1925, West Plains

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

*December 13th, 1797, Düsseldorf †February 17th, 1856, Paris

Ted Nugent

American rock musician

*December 13th, 1948, Detroit

Michael Socha

British actor

*December 13th, 1987, Derby

Jamie Foxx

American actor, comedian, and singer (born 1967)

*December 13th, 1967, Terrell

Jeff Baxter

American guitarist

*December 13th, 1948, Washington, D.C.

Sara Cox

English broadcaster

*December 13th, 1974, Bolton

Vincent Descœur

French politician

*December 13th, 1962, Aurillac

Christoph von Carlowitz

German diplomat

*December 13th, 1507, Hermsdorf †June 8th, 1578, Bohemia

Steve Buscemi

American actor

*December 13th, 1957, Brooklyn

Same year
Born in 1523

Marco Antonio Bragadin

Military officer of the Republic of Venice and last Captain-General of Venetian Cyprus (1523-1571)

*April 21st, 1523, Venice †August 17th, 1571, Famagusta

Anna Jagiellon

Queen regnant of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*October 18th, 1523, Kraków †September 9th, 1596, Warsaw

Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry

Daughter of King Francis I of France

*June 5th, 1523, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 15th, 1574, Turin

Esrom Ruedinger

German philologist, physicist, historian, and teacher

*January 1st, 1523, Bamberg †December 2nd, 1590, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Margravine of Baden

*June 17th, 1523, Ansbach †February 27th, 1558, Pforzheim

Kaspar Eberhard

German theologian (1523-1575)

*March 21st, 1523, Schneeberg †October 20th, 1575, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Blaise de Vigenère

French cryptographer (1523-1596)

*April 5th, 1523, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule †February 19th, 1596, Paris

Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon

Catholic cardinal

*September 22nd, 1523, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre †May 9th, 1590, Fontenay-le-Comte

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio

Spanish cardinal

*March 5th, 1523, Valladolid †September 20th, 1600, Seville

George II of Brieg

Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death

*July 18th, 1523, Legnica †May 7th, 1586, Brzeg

Valentin Naboth

German astronomer and mathematician (1523-1593)

*February 13th, 1523, Calau †March 3rd, 1593, Padua

Jan Blahoslav

Czech linguist and writer (1523-1571)

*March 2nd, 1523, Přerov †December 4th, 1571, Moravský Krumlov

Johannes Haller der Jüngere

Swiss clergyman and reformer

*January 1st, 1523, Amsoldingen †January 1st, 1575

Helena Magenbuch

German pharmacist

*January 1st, 1523, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1597

Kaspar von Logau

*November 30th, 1523, Nysa †January 1st, 1574, Wrocław

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 13th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIII.XII.MDXXIII

13.12.1523

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1523 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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December 13th, 1523

Born on December 13th, 1523

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 182,000 days old!

182,759 Days

26,108 Weeks

6,004 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 13th?

A man threw grenades and fired a rifle at crowds in Liège, Belgium, causing 6 deaths and injuring more than 120 others, before killing himself.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army engaged in a fierce firefight with the King's Own Scottish Borderers at a vehicle checkpoint complex in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski (pictured) declared martial law.

With Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt to install Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen on the throne.

Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces, capturing the Chinese city of Nanjing, began committing numerous atrocities over the next several weeks, including looting, rape and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians.

An American in Paris, a jazz-influenced orchestral piece by George Gershwin, premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York.

American Civil War: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.

Dartmouth College was established by royal charter in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire.

First English Civil War: Roundhead forces under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack in Hampshire on a winter garrison of Cavalier infantry and cavalry.

Beyoncé (pictured) released her fifth studio album without any prior announcement or promotion; it sold 2.3 million copies before the end of the year.

Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army retreated after the failure of Operation Whirlwind, destroying their tanks to avoid their capture.

Napoleonic Wars: While transporting supplies to Guadeloupe, French commodore François Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean captured the British frigate HMS Junon.

Beyoncé (pictured) released her fifth studio album without any prior announcement or promotion; it sold 2.3 million copies before the end of the year.

The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.

Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

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

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

Same year Born in 1523

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 13th

St Antiochus of Sulcis

St Judoc aka St Joyce

St Lucy

St Odile of Alsace

Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)

National Day (Saint Lucia)

Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)

Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China)

Nusantara Day (Indonesia)

Republic Day (Malta)

Sailor's Day (Brazil)

Saint Lucia Day (mainly in Scandinavia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

13.12.1523

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 182,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1523

Calendar
December 1523

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