January 13th, 1572

Born on January 13th, 1572

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 165,000 days old!

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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 1572

65

Ben Jonson

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)

*June 11th, 1572, Westminster †August 6th, 1637, London

62

Erasmus Widmann

German composer

*January 1st, 1572, Schwäbisch Hall †October 31st, 1634, Rothenburg ob der Tauber

59

Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, musician (1572-1632)

*May 25th, 1572, Kassel †March 15th, 1632, Eschwege

49

William Strachey

English writer

*April 4th, 1572, Saffron Walden †May 31st, 1621, London

65

Cyril Lucaris

Patriarch of Constantinople

*November 13th, 1572, Heraklion †June 27th, 1638, Bosporus Strait

79

Vilem Slavata of Chlum

Czech baroque writer, hofmeister, valet and nobleman

*December 1st, 1572, Kutná Hora †January 19th, 1652, Jindřichův Hradec

77

Ellen Marsvin

Danish noble (1572-1649)

*February 1st, 1572, Landskrona Citadel †November 11th, 1649, Holckenhavn Castle

62

Fakhr-al-Din II

Lebanese prince

*August 6th, 1572, Baakleen †April 13th, 1635, Jezzine

69

Jane Frances de Chantal

French nun

*January 28th, 1572, Dijon †December 13th, 1641, Moulins

69

Francis van Aarssens

Dutch diplomat and statesman (1572-1641)

*September 27th, 1572, City of Brussels †December 27th, 1641, The Hague

32

Prince Daniyal

Mughal prince

*September 11th, 1572, Ajmer †March 19th, 1605, Burhanpur

73

Conrad Bachmann

German librarian, author and historian (1572-1646)

*October 23rd, 1572, Melsungen †April 27th, 1646, Marburg

64

Daniel Sennert

Physician, chemist

*November 25th, 1572, Wrocław †July 21st, 1637, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

48

Rudolph Goclenius the Younger

German physician and professor of physics, astronomy and arithmetic

*August 22nd, 1572, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †March 3rd, 1621, Marburg

80

Ludwig Jungermann

German doctor and botanist (1572-1653)

*July 14th, 1572, Leipzig †June 7th, 1653, Leipzig

47

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg

*November 8th, 1572, Halle (Saale) †December 23rd, 1619, Berlin

59

Henri of Savoy, Duke of Nemours

Duke of Nemours (1595–1632)

*November 2nd, 1572, Paris †July 10th, 1632, Paris

63

Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera

Lord of Gera, Lobenstein and Oberkranichfeld (1572-1635)

*June 10th, 1572, Gera †December 3rd, 1635, Gera

60

Francis II, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine

*February 27th, 1572, Nancy †October 14th, 1632, Badonviller

72

Wilhelm Alard

German theologian

*November 22nd, 1572, Wilster †May 8th, 1645, Krempe

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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

Yes: 1572 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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