April 13th, 1678

Born on April 13th, 1678

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

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

83

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

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

62

Mathias Hönerbach

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1962, Cologne

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

69

Catherine de' Medici

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

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

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 1678

63

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)

*March 4th, 1678, Venice †July 28th, 1741, Vienna

32

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor from 1705 till his death in 1711

*July 26th, 1678, Vienna †April 17th, 1711, Vienna

56

Yongzheng Emperor

Emperor of Qing-dynasty China from 1722 to 1735

*December 13th, 1678, Forbidden City †October 8th, 1735, Beijing

78

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole

English diplomat; (1678-1757)

*December 8th, 1678, Houghton Hall †February 5th, 1757, Whitehall

64

Daniel Neal

English historian (1678–1743)

*December 14th, 1678, London †April 4th, 1743, London

64

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

Led government army against Jacobites in 1715

*October 10th, 1678, Petersham †October 4th, 1743, Petersham

35

Anna Waser

Painter from Switzerland (1678-1714)

*October 16th, 1678, Zürich †September 20th, 1714, Zürich

73

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

English politician and Viscount (1678-1751)

*September 16th, 1678, Battersea †December 12th, 1751, Battersea

57

Filippo Juvarra

Italian architect and stage set designer

*March 7th, 1678, Messina †January 31st, 1736, Madrid

69

Amaro Rodríguez Felipe

Spanish corsair (1678–1747)

*May 3rd, 1678, San Cristóbal de La Laguna †October 4th, 1747, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

72

Peter von Lacy

Irish general in Russia

*October 30th, 1678, Killeedy †April 19th, 1751, Riga

60

Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow

Generalfeldmarschall and Prussian statesman

*October 4th, 1678, Berlin †March 18th, 1739, Berlin

64

Dominique Marie Varlet

French bishop (1678-1742)

*March 15th, 1678, Paris †May 14th, 1742, The Hague

59

Adolf of Dalberg

German Prince-Abbot

*May 29th, 1678, Speyer †November 3rd, 1737, Schloss

69

Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

German noble (1678-1747)

*November 26th, 1678, Grabow †November 28th, 1747, Dömitz

70

Heinrich Nicolaus Trebs

Organ builder

*August 10th, 1678, Bad Frankenhausen †August 16th, 1748, Weimar

87

Adrien Maurice de Noailles

Marshal of France (1678-1766)

*September 29th, 1678, Paris †June 24th, 1766, Paris

41

Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø

17th and 18th-century Danish nobleman and admiral (1678-1719)

*June 14th, 1678, Samsø †December 8th, 1719, Copenhagen

69

Madeleine de Verchères

Canadian battle hero (1678-1747)

*March 3rd, 1678, Verchères †August 8th, 1747, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

70

Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678-1749)

*July 16th, 1678, Kassel †May 30th, 1749, Bützow

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1678 is a normal year and no leap year.

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