July 13th, 1598

Born on July 13th, 1598

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What happened on July 13th?

July 13th, 2020

After a five day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru, confirming her death.

July 13th, 2013

Typhoon Soulik makes landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people.

July 13th, 2003

French Directorate-General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC guerrillas, resulting in a political scandal.

July 13th, 1992

The Croatian Army concludes Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.

July 13th, 1973

Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval Office.

July 13th, 1943

World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, begins.

July 13th, 1942

World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

July 13th, 1913

While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.

July 13th, 1863

Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War.

July 13th, 1831

Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic (cover shown), which engendered a period of unprecedented reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society.

July 13th, 1643

English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.

July 13th, 1586

Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repel a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria at the Battle of Pantelleria.

July 13th, 1260

Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe.

July 13th, 1260

The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

July 13th, 1249

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

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

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Who's birthday is on July 13th?

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

86

Clement X

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676

*July 13th, 1590, Rome †July 22nd, 1676, Rome

28

Vilde Bøe Risa

Norwegian association football player

*July 13th, 1995, Bergen

48

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)

*July 13th, 1608, Graz †April 2nd, 1657, Vienna

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

55

Francis Drake

English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

*July 13th, 1540, Tavistock †January 27th, 1596, Portobelo

82

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

36

Vitalii Konov

Ukrainian badminton player

*July 13th, 1987, Priozersk

26

Ben Lane

English badminton player

*July 13th, 1997, Kingston upon Thames

25

Natsuki Oie

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Ishikawa Prefecture

31

Kristjan Kaljurand

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1992, Tallinn

24

Leong Jun Hao

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1999, Kuala Lumpur

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

78

Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

*July 13th, 1941, Rochester †October 11th, 2019, Los Angeles

66

Dene Smuts

South African politician

*July 13th, 1949, Bloemfontein †April 21st, 2016, Cape Town

30

Linnea Berthelsen

Danish actress

*July 13th, 1993, Copenhagen

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

*July 13th, 1816, Kluczbork †April 30th, 1895, Wiesbaden

Same year
Born in 1598

81

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)

*December 7th, 1598, Naples †November 28th, 1680, Rome

68

François Mansart

French architect (1598-1666)

*January 23rd, 1598, Paris †September 23rd, 1666, Paris

65

Francisco de Zurbarán

Spanish painter

*November 7th, 1598, Fuente de Cantos †August 27th, 1664, Madrid

73

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

16th century Italian theologian and astronomer

*April 17th, 1598, Ferrara †June 25th, 1671, Bologna

68

Hans Nansen

Danish politician

*November 28th, 1598, Flensburg †November 12th, 1667, Copenhagen

79

Gilbert Sheldon

Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of London (1598-1677)

*June 19th, 1598, Staffordshire †November 9th, 1677, Lambeth Palace

47

Matsudaira Tadamasa

[松平忠昌] daimyo of the early Edo period; 3rd lord of Fukui

*January 21st, 1598, Osaka †September 20th, 1645, Edo

79

Sir William Curtius

Resident ambassador of Charles I and II of England to the Holy Roman Empire; Baronet; FRS

*November 30th, 1598, Bensheim †January 23rd, 1678, Frankfurt

56

Christian I of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598-1654)

*September 3rd, 1598, Birkenfeld †September 6th, 1654, Neuenstein

71

Johann Peter Lotichius

German physician, historian and writer (1598-1669)

*March 8th, 1598, Bad Nauheim †March 31st, 1669, Frankfurt

55

Maarten Tromp

Dutch admiral (1598-1653)

*April 23rd, 1598, Brielle †August 10th, 1653, Scheveningen

77

Isaac Commelin

Dutch historian

*October 19th, 1598, Amsterdam †January 13th, 1676, Amsterdam

63

Johann Crüger

German hymnwriter

*April 9th, 1598, Guben †February 23rd, 1662, Berlin

87

Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy

Marshal of France (1598-1685)

*October 14th, 1598, Paris †November 28th, 1685, Paris

68

Ernst Adalbert von Harrach

Austrian Catholic Cardinal

*November 4th, 1598, Vienna †October 25th, 1667, Vienna

60

Guillaume Colletet

French writer

*March 12th, 1598, Paris †February 11th, 1659, Paris

62

Paul Rotenburger

Organ builder

*November 28th, 1598, Salzburg †October 2nd, 1661, Salzburg

64

William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German Duke (1598-1662)

*April 11th, 1598, Altenburg †May 17th, 1662, Weimar

56

Eleonora Gonzaga

Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia and Empress Consort of Holy Roman Empire (1598-1655)

*September 23rd, 1598, Mantua †June 27th, 1655, Vienna

61

Giovanni Francesco Busenello

Italian librettist (1598-1659)

*September 24th, 1598, Venice †October 27th, 1659, Legnaro

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