February 13th, 1653

Born on February 13th, 1653

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 135,000 days old!

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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 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 Day
Who's birthday is on February 13th?

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

68

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist (1766–1834)

*February 13th, 1766, Westcott †December 23rd, 1834, Bath

68

Alexander VII

Pope from 1655 to 1667

*February 13th, 1599, Siena †May 22nd, 1667, Rome

30

Memphis Depay

Dutch association football player

*February 13th, 1994, Moordrecht

85

Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre

French author

*February 13th, 1658, Saint-Pierre-Église †April 29th, 1743, Paris

80

Stockard Channing

American actress (born 1944)

*February 13th, 1944, New York City

67

Johann Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths

Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg

*February 13th, 1652, Amorbach †August 3rd, 1719, Würzburg

35

Julian Schieber

German football player

*February 13th, 1989, Backnang

72

Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

German politician

*February 13th, 1952, Sulz am Neckar

64

Pierluigi Collina

Italian international football referee

*February 13th, 1960, Bologna

85

Beate Klarsfeld

French journalist, Nazi hunter, and historian

*February 13th, 1939, Berlin

79

Friedrich Christian Delius

German writer

*February 13th, 1943, Rome †May 30th, 2022, Berlin

84

Eleanor Farjeon

English children's writer

*February 13th, 1881, London †June 5th, 1965, Hampstead

79

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

*February 13th, 1910, London †August 12th, 1989, Stanford

50

Robbie Williams

British singer-songwriter (born 1974)

*February 13th, 1974, Stoke-on-Trent

77

Carol Lynley

American actress (1942–2019)

*February 13th, 1942, Manhattan †September 3rd, 2019, Pacific Palisades

74

Peter Gabriel

British musician, composer and songwriter (born 1950)

*February 13th, 1950, Chobham

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59

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer

*February 17th, 1653, Fusignano †January 8th, 1713, Rome

90

Marie Poussepin

French Dominican and founder of Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation

*October 4th, 1653, Dourdan †January 24th, 1744, Sainville

36

Jeremiáš Süssner

German sculptor (1653-1690)

*December 12th, 1653, Ostrov †June 5th, 1690, Prague

79

Emperor Reigen

Emperor of Japan

*July 9th, 1653, Kyoto †September 24th, 1732, Kyoto

52

Johann Pachelbel

German composer, organist and teacher

*September 1st, 1653, Nuremberg †March 3rd, 1706, Nuremberg

50

Giovanni Anastasi

Italian painter (1653-1704)

*March 17th, 1653, Senigallia †March 13th, 1704, Macerata

76

Anton Maria Salvini

Italian naturalist and classicist

*January 12th, 1653, Florence †May 17th, 1729, Florence

89

André-Hercule de Fleury

Catholic cardinal (1653-1743)

*June 22nd, 1653, Lodève †January 29th, 1743, Issy-les-Moulineaux

76

Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour

French classical scholar (1653-1730)

*March 1st, 1653, Paris †January 4th, 1730, Paris

74

Johann Conrad Brunner

Swiss anatomist

*January 16th, 1653, Diessenhofen †October 2nd, 1727, Mannheim

81

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Marshal General of France

*May 8th, 1653, Moulins †June 17th, 1734, Turin

55

Prince George, Duke of Cumberland

Husband of Queen Anne, who reigned over Great Britain from 1702

*April 2nd, 1653, Copenhagen Castle †October 28th, 1708, Kensington Palace

75

Louis-Guillaume Pécour

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 10th, 1653, Paris †April 22nd, 1729, Paris

40

Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

*November 19th, 1653, Merseburg †October 20th, 1694, Merseburg

81

Carlo Ruzzini

Doge of Venice

*November 11th, 1653, Venice †January 5th, 1735, Venice

66

Johann Heinrich Majus

German historian and theologian

*February 5th, 1653, Pforzheim †September 3rd, 1719, Giessen

90

Matthias Klotz

German luthier

*January 1st, 1653, Mittenwald †August 16th, 1743, Mittenwald

44

Giovanni Francesco Grossi

Italian opera singer (1653–1697)

*February 12th, 1653, Chiesina Uzzanese †May 29th, 1697, Malalbergo

57

Joan van Hoorn

Dutch colonial governor (1653-1711)

*November 16th, 1653, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1711, Amsterdam

63

Joseph Sauveur

French mathematician and founder of the science of acoustics

*March 24th, 1653, La Flèche †July 9th, 1716, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1653 is a normal year and no leap year.

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