March 13th, 1640

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Born on March 13th, 1640 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 13th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 13th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1640)

Born on March 13th, 1640

Weekday

Tuesday

March 13th, 1640 was a Tuesday.

Age

384

People born on March 13th, 1640 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 384 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1640 - March 20th, 1640

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 140,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 638 days, exactly on March 30th, 2026, people who were born on March 13th, 1640 will be 141,000 days old!

140,362 Days

20,051 Weeks

4,611 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 13th?

March 13th, 1741

War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (depicted).

March 13th, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.

March 13th, 1996

A mass shooting at a school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 17 people and prompting tighter gun control in the UK.

March 13th, 1988

The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.

March 13th, 1985

One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.

March 13th, 1964

Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.

March 13th, 1962

Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba.

March 13th, 1943

The Holocaust: Nazi troops began the final liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.

March 13th, 1920

The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.

March 13th, 1845

German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as the soloist.

March 13th, 1811

Napoleonic Wars: A British frigate squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.

March 13th, 1781

William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.

March 13th, 1697

Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

March 13th, 1567

A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.

March 13th, 2004

The Filipino singer Rachelle Ann Go won the reality talent show Search for a Star, performing a cover of Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" in the grand final.

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

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

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

Nozomi Okuhara

Japanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1995, Ōmachi

Yang Po-Han

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1994, Taipei

Luan Santana

Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)

*March 13th, 1991, Campo Grande

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

Innocent XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700

*March 13th, 1615, Spinazzola †September 27th, 1700, Rome

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

Joseph Priestley

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

*March 13th, 1733, Birstall †February 6th, 1804, Northumberland

Emmy von Dincklage

German writer (1825-1891)

*March 13th, 1825, Gut Campe †June 28th, 1891, Berlin

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

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Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790

*March 13th, 1741, Hietzing †February 20th, 1790, Vienna

Hugh Walpole

British writer (1884-1941)

*March 13th, 1884, Auckland †June 1st, 1941, London

Pierre Niney

French actor

*March 13th, 1989, Boulogne-Billancourt

Same year
Born in 1640

Aphra Behn

British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)

*July 10th, 1640, Canterbury †April 16th, 1689, London

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia

*June 9th, 1640, Vienna †May 5th, 1705, Vienna

Philippe de La Hire

French mathematician and astronomer (1640-1718)

*March 18th, 1640, Paris †April 21st, 1718, Paris

Georg Mohr

Danish mathematician

*April 1st, 1640, Copenhagen †January 26th, 1697, Sławnikowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Charles-René d'Hozier

French historian (1640-1732)

*February 24th, 1640, Paris †February 13th, 1732, Paris

Robert Plot

English scientist

*December 13th, 1640, Sutton Baron And Sutton Baron Hall †April 30th, 1696, Kent

Jacques d'Agar

French painter (1640-1715)

*March 9th, 1640, Paris †November 16th, 1715, Copenhagen

Claude Fleury

French historian

*December 6th, 1640, Paris †July 14th, 1723, Paris

Mariana Alcoforado

Portuguese nun and writer

*April 22nd, 1640, Beja †July 28th, 1723, Beja

Pierre II Mignard

French architect (1640-1725)

*February 20th, 1640, Avignon †April 10th, 1725, Avignon

Benjamin Keach

British writer and theologian

*February 29th, 1640, Buckinghamshire †June 18th, 1704

Jonathan Singletary Dunham

American settler (1640-1724)

*January 17th, 1640, Newbury †September 6th, 1724

Philipp Müller

*August 24th, 1640, Sangerhausen †March 15th, 1713, Jena

Philippe, Duke of Orléans

French prince (1640-1701)

*September 21st, 1640, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †June 9th, 1701, Saint-Cloud

Madame de Montespan

French noble, mistress of Louis XIV; (1640-1707)

*October 5th, 1640, Lussac-les-Châteaux †May 27th, 1707, Bourbon-l'Archambault

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1669-1673)

*May 31st, 1640, Bilyi Kamin †November 10th, 1673, Lviv

Pu Songling

Chinese writer (1640–1715)

*June 5th, 1640, Zichuan District †February 25th, 1715, Zichuan District

Ludmilla Elisabeth of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German noblewoman; Countess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and hymn poet (1640-1672)

*April 7th, 1640, Rudolstadt †March 12th, 1672, Rudolstadt

Gérard Audran

French engraver (1640-1703)

*August 2nd, 1640, Lyon †July 26th, 1703, Paris

Johann Jacob Schütz

German lawyer

*September 7th, 1640, Frankfurt †May 22nd, 1690, Frankfurt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on March 13th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIII.III.MDCXL

13.3.1640

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1640 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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March 1640

March 1640

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March 13th, 1640

Born on March 13th, 1640

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 140,000 days old!

140,362 Days

20,051 Weeks

4,611 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 13th?

War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (depicted).

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.

A mass shooting at a school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 17 people and prompting tighter gun control in the UK.

The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.

One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.

Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.

Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba.

The Holocaust: Nazi troops began the final liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.

The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.

German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as the soloist.

Napoleonic Wars: A British frigate squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.

William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.

Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.

The Filipino singer Rachelle Ann Go won the reality talent show Search for a Star, performing a cover of Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" in the grand final.

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

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

Same year Born in 1640

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 13th

Ansovinus

Gerald of Mayo

James Theodore Holly (Episcopal Church (USA))

Nicephorus

Roderick

March 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Kasuga Matsuri (Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan)

National Elephant Day (Thailand)

Africa Scout Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

13.3.1640

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same year
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Calendar
March 1640

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9				1	2	3	4
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