April 13th, 1607

Born on April 13th, 1607

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 13th?

April 13th, 2017

War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.

April 13th, 2009

Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.

April 13th, 1997

In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.

April 13th, 1973

Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.

April 13th, 1958

In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

April 13th, 1956

The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.

April 13th, 1953

The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.

April 13th, 1946

Nakam, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for the Holocaust, attempted to poison thousands of SS prisoners at Langwasser internment camp, but did not kill anyone.

April 13th, 1943

The Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial (pictured) in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.

April 13th, 1942

Austrian soldier Anton Schmid was executed for rescuing Jews from the Ponary massacre in Vilnius.

April 13th, 1849

During a closed session of the Diet of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth presented the Hungarian Declaration of Independence from the Habsburg monarchy.

April 13th, 1829

The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.

April 13th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.

April 13th, 1742

The first performance of George Frideric Handel's celebrated oratorio Messiah took place in Dublin.

April 13th, 2024

Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.

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

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

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*April 13th, 1743, Shadwell †July 4th, 1826, Monticello

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

30

Kasper Antonsen

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1994, Aarhus

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

29

Uliana Podpalnaya

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1995, Barnaul

64

Arthur Cave

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1883, Cork †November 30th, 1947, Clontarf

69

Catherine de' Medici

Queen-consort and regent of France (1519-1589)

*April 13th, 1519, Florence †January 5th, 1589, Château de Blois

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

78

Al Green

American singer

*April 13th, 1946, Forrest City

61

Garry Kasparov

Russian chess grandmaster and activist

*April 13th, 1963, Baku

49

Lou Bega

German singer

*April 13th, 1975, Munich

62

Mathias Hönerbach

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1962, Cologne

83

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

*April 13th, 1939, Brooklyn †July 25th, 2022, Jacksonville

42

Nellie McKay

American musician

*April 13th, 1982, London

74

Seamus Heaney

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer

*April 13th, 1939, Castledawson †August 30th, 2013, Dublin

56

Jeanne Balibar

French actress and singer

*April 13th, 1968, Paris

50

Martin Höllwarth

Ski jumper

*April 13th, 1974, Schwaz

46

Carles Puyol

Spanish association football player

*April 13th, 1978, La Pobla de Segur

69

Alfred Wiedensohler

German physicist

*April 13th, 1955, Jülich

Same year
Born in 1607

69

Paul Gerhardt

German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)

*March 12th, 1607, Gräfenhainichen †May 27th, 1676, Lübben

69

Wenceslaus Hollar

Czech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver

*July 13th, 1607, Prague †March 25th, 1677, London

63

Sebastian von Rostock

German bishop (1607-1671)

*August 24th, 1607, Grodków †June 9th, 1671, Wrocław

54

John Kemény

Prince of Transylvania (1607-1662)

*December 14th, 1607, Bichiș †January 23rd, 1662, Daneș

69

Michiel de Ruyter

Dutch admiral (1607-1676)

*March 24th, 1607, Vlissingen †April 29th, 1676, Syracuse

93

Madeleine de Scudéry

French writer (1607–1701)

*November 15th, 1607, Le Havre †June 2nd, 1701, Paris

70

Anna Maria van Schurman

Dutch painter (1607-1678)

*November 5th, 1607, Cologne †May 4th, 1678, Wiuwert

30

John Harvard

English-American clergyman and philanthropist

*November 26th, 1607, Southwark †September 14th, 1638, Charlestown

40

Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla

Spanish writer

*October 4th, 1607, Toledo †January 23rd, 1648, Madrid

39

Isaac Jogues

Beatified Martyred Jesuit Priest

*January 15th, 1607, Orléans †October 18th, 1646, Auriesville

60

Johann von Rist

German poet and dramatist

*March 8th, 1607, Hamburg †August 31st, 1667, Wedel

53

Barbe D'Ernecourt Saint-Balmon

French writer (1606-1660)

*May 14th, 1607, Neuville-en-Verdunois †May 22nd, 1660, Neuville-en-Verdunois

44

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

English Royalist peer (1607-1651)

*January 31st, 1607, Knowsley Hall †October 15th, 1651, Bolton

53

Étienne de Flacourt

French colonial governor and scholar (1607–1660)

*January 1st, 1607, Orléans †June 10th, 1660, Atlantic Ocean

63

Antonio Barberini

Italian cardinal (1607-1671), nephew of Pope Urban VIII

*August 5th, 1607, Rome †August 3rd, 1671, Nemi

54

Giovanni Francesco Loredano

Italian writer

*February 27th, 1607, Venice †August 13th, 1661, Peschiera del Garda

63

Andreas Heinrich Bucholtz

German writer, poet, theologian and translator

*November 25th, 1607, Schöningen †May 20th, 1671, Brunswick

55

Conrad Barthels

German theologian (1607-1662)

*January 6th, 1607, Halberstadt †February 17th, 1662, Meissen

50

Johann Benedict Carpzov

German theologian

*June 22nd, 1607, Rochlitz †October 22nd, 1657, Leipzig

63

Hans Siegmund Liebenau

German amtshauptmann

*November 17th, 1607, Pirna †September 14th, 1671, Dresden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1607 is a normal year and no leap year.

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