June 13th, 1640

Born on June 13th, 1640

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 141,000 days old!

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What happened on June 13th?

June 13th, 2013

Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption.

June 13th, 2011

A 6.0 Mw earthquake caused up to NZ$6 billion of additional damage to Christchurch, New Zealand, which was still recovering from an earthquake four months earlier.

June 13th, 2007

Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.

June 13th, 1996

After an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the Christian Patriot group Montana Freemen surrendered to the FBI.

June 13th, 1983

Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.

June 13th, 1971

The New York Times published the first excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.

June 13th, 1970

"The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' twentieth and final number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

June 13th, 1969

Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, signed a law converting a research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at Dallas.

June 13th, 1952

Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed three days later by the shootdown of a second plane searching for the first one.

June 13th, 1944

Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.

June 13th, 1935

In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

June 13th, 1916

World War I: The Battle of Mont Sorrel in the Ypres Salient came to an end as a Canadian assault led German forces to withdraw to their original lines.

June 13th, 1881

The Jeannette expedition to reach the North Pole from the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait came to an end when the USS Jeannette (pictured), after having been trapped in ice for almost two years, was crushed and sank.

June 13th, 1805

Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.

June 13th, 1525

Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, beginning the practice of clerical marriage in Protestantism.

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

Same year
Born in 1640

48

Aphra Behn

British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)

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

64

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

66

Madame de Montespan

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

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

74

Pu Songling

Chinese writer (1640–1715)

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

62

Gérard Audran

French engraver (1640-1703)

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

55

Peter Müller

(1640-1696)

*July 19th, 1640, Nordhausen †May 31st, 1696, Gera

70

Gerard de Lairesse

Painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands

*September 11th, 1640, Liège †July 28th, 1711, Amsterdam

68

Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)

*November 27th, 1640, St Margaret's Church, Westminster †October 9th, 1709, Chiswick

78

Philippe de La Hire

French mathematician and astronomer (1640-1718)

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

75

Jacques d'Agar

French painter (1640-1715)

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

85

Pierre II Mignard

French architect (1640-1725)

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

83

Mariana Alcoforado

Portuguese nun and writer

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

91

Charles-René d'Hozier

French historian (1640-1732)

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

82

Claude Fleury

French historian

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

55

Robert Plot

English scientist

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

56

Georg Mohr

Danish mathematician

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

64

Benjamin Keach

British writer and theologian

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

84

Jonathan Singletary Dunham

American settler (1640-1724)

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

72

Philipp Müller

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

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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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