January 13th, 1589

Born on January 13th, 1589

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 1589

76

Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval

Spanish archbishop and priest

*March 9th, 1589, Galicia †September 17th, 1665, Madrid

70

Antonius Aemilius

German author and historian (1589-1660)

*December 20th, 1589, Aachen †November 12th, 1660, Utrecht

68

Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake

Count of Lippe-Brake

*September 21st, 1589, Detmold †November 18th, 1657, Blomberg

35

Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset

Son of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset (1589-1624)

*March 28th, 1589, London †March 28th, 1624, London

85

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly

French writer (1589-1674)

*May 28th, 1589, Paris †September 27th, 1674, Port-Royal-des-Champs

84

Jacob de Witt

Mayor of Dordrecht (1589-1674)

*February 7th, 1589, Dordrecht †January 10th, 1674, Dordrecht

87

Gisbertus Voetius

Dutch theologian (1589-1676)

*March 3rd, 1589, Heusden †November 1st, 1676, Utrecht

32

Sophie Elisabeth von Anhalt-Dessau

(1589-1622)

*February 10th, 1589, Dessau †February 9th, 1622, Legnica

80

Esteban Manuel de Villegas

Spanish poet (1589-1669)

*February 5th, 1589, La Rioja †September 3rd, 1669

64

Alexander Ross

Scottish writer and controversialist

*November 30th, 1589, Aberdeen †February 24th, 1654, Bramshill

24

Gabriel Báthory

Prince of Transylvania (1589-1613)

*August 15th, 1589, Oradea †October 27th, 1613, Oradea

66

Margaret of Savoy

Spanish Vicereine of Portugal (1589-1655)

*April 28th, 1589, Turin †June 26th, 1655, Miranda de Ebro

33

Ulrich, Duke of Pomerania

Bishop of Cammin and non-reigning Duke of Pomerania

*August 12th, 1589, Barth †October 31st, 1622, Przybiernów

31

Francis, Duke of Pomerania

Duke of Pomerania-Stettin, Bishop of Cammin

*August 12th, 1589, Barth †November 27th, 1620, Szczecin

40

Elisabeth Sophia of Brandenburg

Duchess born in Berlin

*July 4th, 1589, Berlin †December 24th, 1629, Frankfurt (Oder)

28

John, Duke of Östergötland

Swedish prince

*April 18th, 1589, Uppsala Castle †March 5th, 1618, Norrköping

64

Daniel Stahl

German philosopher (1589-1654)

*September 28th, 1589, Hammelburg †May 17th, 1654, Jena

35

Christoph Neander

German choir director (1589-1625)

*December 18th, 1589, Colditz †January 21st, 1625, Dresden

60

Andreas Brunner

German historian (1589-1650)

*November 30th, 1589, Hall in Tirol †April 20th, 1650, Innsbruck

49

Ivan Gundulić

Poet from the Republic of Ragusa

*January 8th, 1589, Dubrovnik †December 8th, 1638, Dubrovnik

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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 1589 is a normal year and no leap year.

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