January 13th, 1555

Born on January 13th, 1555

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 13th?

January 13th, 2012

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

January 13th, 2000

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

January 13th, 1972

Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo.

January 13th, 1968

American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom 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 United Kingdom cremation act becoming law.

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

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

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, 2000

A Short 360 aircraft chartered by the Sirte Oil Company crashes off the coast of Brega, Libya, killing 21.

January 13th, 2021

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.

January 13th, 2020

The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.

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

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

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

91

Osa Massen

Danish actress (1914-2006)

*January 13th, 1914, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 2006, Santa Monica

35

Derek Wong

Singaporean badminton player

*January 13th, 1989, Singapore

43

Lee Hyo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*January 13th, 1981, Busan

40

Kęstutis Navickas

Lithuanian badminton player

*January 13th, 1984, Kaunas

30

Edi Subaktiar

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sidoarjo

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

30

Emmanuel Donkor

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sekondi-Takoradi

29

Dylan Soedjasa

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1995, Takapuna

51

Ain Matvere

Estonian badminton player

*January 13th, 1967, Tartu †May 14th, 2018, Tartu

55

Steve Wiebe

American electronic sports player

*January 13th, 1969, Seattle

25

Emilie Nautnes

Norwegian soccer player

*January 13th, 1999, Norway

28

Axel Louissaint

Swiss basketball player

*January 13th, 1996, Yverdon-les-Bains

49

Andrew Yang

American entrepreneur, attorney and political candidate

*January 13th, 1975, Schenectady

54

Shonda Rhimes

American television producer, television and film writer, and author

*January 13th, 1970, Chicago

76

Charles Nelson Reilly

American comedian and actor

*January 13th, 1931, South Bronx †May 25th, 2007, Beverly Hills

34

Marco Pantani

Italian road racing cyclist

*January 13th, 1970, Cesena †February 14th, 2004, Rimini

42

Ruth Wilson

British actress

*January 13th, 1982, Ashford

75

Gwen Verdon

American dancer and actress (1925-2000)

*January 13th, 1925, Culver City †October 18th, 2000, Woodstock

Same year
Born in 1555

45

Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

English Baron (1555-1601)

*October 12th, 1555, Wesel †June 25th, 1601, Berwick-upon-Tweed

69

Heinrich Meibom

German poet

*December 4th, 1555, Alverdissen †September 20th, 1625, Helmstedt

78

Hermann Vultejus

German author

*December 16th, 1555, Wetter (Hessen) †July 31st, 1634, Marburg

65

Johann Arndt

German Lutheran theologian

*December 27th, 1555, Ballenstedt †May 11th, 1621, Celle

64

Ludovico Carracci

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1555-1619)

*April 21st, 1555, Bologna †November 13th, 1619, Bologna

19

Charles Frederick of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Heir apparent of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

*April 28th, 1555, Kleve †February 9th, 1575, Rome

34

Edward Kelley

English alchemist

*August 1st, 1555, Worcester †November 30th, 1589, Most

48

Ferenc II Nádasdy

Hungarian noble, politician (1555–1604)

*October 6th, 1555, Sárvár †January 4th, 1604, Sárvár

33

Louis II of Lorraine, cardinal of Guise

Catholic cardinal (1555-1588)

*July 6th, 1555, Dampierre-en-Yvelines †December 24th, 1588, Château de Blois

45

Melchior von Redern

Austrian warrior

*January 6th, 1555, Wrocław †September 20th, 1600, Havlíčkův Brod

68

Andreas Cludius

German jurist

*November 7th, 1555, Osterode am Harz †September 9th, 1624, Osterode am Harz

75

Jerónima de la Asunción

Foundress of the first Catholic monastery in Manila — Monastery of Santa Clara

*May 9th, 1555, Toledo †October 22nd, 1630, Manila

65

Louise de Coligny

Fourth wife of William the Silent (1555-1620)

*September 23rd, 1555, Châtillon-Coligny †November 13th, 1620, Fontainebleau

29

Francis, Duke of Anjou

French duke (1555-1584)

*March 18th, 1555, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †June 19th, 1584, Château-Thierry

65

Richard Carew

English scholar

*July 17th, 1555, Antony House †November 6th, 1620, Antony House

63

Francesco Vendramin

17th-century Catholic cardinal

*October 10th, 1555, Venice †October 7th, 1619, Venice

71

Lancelot Andrewes

English bishop and scholar

*July 16th, 1555, London †September 25th, 1626, Southwark

67

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon

Marshal of France

*September 28th, 1555, Joze †March 25th, 1623, Sedan

61

Giovanni Antonio Magini

Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer

*June 13th, 1555, Padua †February 11th, 1617, Bologna

60

Melchior Eckhart

German theologian (1555-1616)

*October 18th, 1555, Chemnitz †January 20th, 1616, Oleśnica

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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 1555 is a normal year and no leap year.

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