February 13th, 1618

Born on February 13th, 1618

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

February 13th, 2017

Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was assassinated using VX nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

February 13th, 2012

The first Vega rocket was launched by the European Space Agency from the Guiana Space Centre.

February 13th, 1991

Gulf War: The United States Air Force dropped two laser-guided "smart bombs" on an air-raid shelter in Baghdad, Iraq, which was believed to be a military command site, killing at least 408 civilians.

February 13th, 1970

The English rock band Black Sabbath released their debut album, which is generally accepted as the first heavy metal album.

February 13th, 1961

Geode prospectors near Olancha, California, discovered what they claimed to be a 500,000-year-old rock with a 1920s-era spark plug encased within (pictured).

February 13th, 1960

African-American college students staged the first of the Nashville sit-ins (sign at protest pictured) at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of a nonviolent direct-action campaign to end racial segregation in the U.S.

February 13th, 1945

World War II: The Allies began a strategic bombing of Dresden, Germany, creating a lethal firestorm that killed tens of thousands of civilians.

February 13th, 1867

Work began on the covering of the Senne (pictured), burying the polluted main river of Brussels to allow for urban renewal in the centre of the city.

February 13th, 1692

Members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands were massacred, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II.

February 13th, 1689

Glorious Revolution: The English Parliament passed the Declaration of Right, proclaiming Mary Stuart and her husband William of Orange as co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland.

February 13th, 1660

The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.

February 13th, 1891

Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.

February 13th, 1258

Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire, orders his army to sack and plunder the city of Baghdad, which they had just captured.

February 13th, 2021

A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico.

February 13th, 2017

Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

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

Same year
Born in 1618

45

Francesco Maria Grimaldi

Italian physicist (1618-1663)

*April 2nd, 1618, Bologna †December 28th, 1663, Bologna

59

Johann Franck

German poet and hymnist

*June 1st, 1618, Guben †June 18th, 1677, Guben

76

Everhard Jabach

German private banker (1618-1695)

*July 10th, 1618, Cologne †March 6th, 1695, Paris

26

Mariana de Jesús de Paredes

Mariana de Jesus

*October 31st, 1618, Quito †May 26th, 1645, Quito

71

Gottfried Meisner

German theologian (1618-1690)

*November 13th, 1618, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †August 3rd, 1690, Großenhain

74

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

French writer

*April 13th, 1618, Epiry †April 9th, 1693, Autun

46

Louise de La Fayette

French noble (1618-1665)

*November 8th, 1618, Amathay-Vésigneux †January 11th, 1665, Paris

71

Gottfried Welsch

German physician

*November 12th, 1618, Leipzig †September 5th, 1690, Leipzig

46

Friedrich von Ahlefeldt

German provost

*April 28th, 1618, Schinkel †January 2nd, 1665, Schloss Reinbek

59

Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla

Italian noble

*April 4th, 1618, Mantua †January 11th, 1678, Guastalla

82

Jan Six I

Politician from the Northern Netherlands (1618-1700)

*January 14th, 1618, Amsterdam †May 28th, 1700, Amsterdam

61

Rosina Schnorr

German business person

*January 1st, 1618, Schneeberg †January 1st, 1679, Schneeberg

57

Karl Kaspar von der Leyen

Roman Catholic archbishop

*December 18th, 1618, Trier †June 1st, 1676, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein

72

Catharina Hooft

Wife of Cornelis de Graeff

*December 28th, 1618, Amsterdam †September 30th, 1691, Ilpendam

82

Joachim Rosenow

German mathematician

*November 5th, 1618, Anklam †June 20th, 1701

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1618 is a normal year and no leap year.

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