February 13th, 1683

Born on February 13th, 1683

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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 1683

76

George II of Great Britain

British monarch from 1727 to 1760

*October 30th, 1683, Hanover †October 25th, 1760, London

89

Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil

French magistrate and politician

*March 6th, 1683, Paris †July 12th, 1772, Paris

80

Jean-Philippe Rameau

French composer and music theorist (1683–1764)

*September 25th, 1683, Dijon †September 12th, 1764, Paris

74

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

French scientist

*February 28th, 1683, La Rochelle †October 17th, 1757, Château de La Bermondière

67

Ludolf August von Bismarck

German diplomat

*March 22nd, 1683, Pasłęk †October 15th, 1750, Poltava

36

Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille

French noble (1683-1719)

*March 15th, 1683, Quimper †October 9th, 1719, Mulhouse

78

Giovanni Poleni

Italian scientist and antiquarian (*1683 – †1761)

*August 23rd, 1683, Venice †November 15th, 1761, Padua

64

Jacob Benzelius

Swedish archbishop (1683-1747)

*February 25th, 1683, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly †June 19th, 1747, Stockholm

64

Arnold Drakenborch

Dutch classical scholar (1684-1748)

*December 21st, 1683, Utrecht †January 16th, 1748, Utrecht

63

Carlo Bergonzi

Italian luthier (1683-1747)

*December 21st, 1683, Cremona †February 9th, 1747, Cremona

53

Hans von Fersen

Swedish politician (1683-1736)

*March 2nd, 1683, Tallinn †May 25th, 1736, Stockholm

72

Pieter Langendijk

Dutch writer and poet

*July 25th, 1683, Haarlem †July 9th, 1756, Haarlem

60

John Theophilus Desaguliers

French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman

*March 12th, 1683, La Rochelle †February 29th, 1744, Covent Garden

54

Caspar Neumann

Polish chemist

*July 11th, 1683, Sulechów †October 20th, 1737, Berlin

81

Edward Young

English poet

*July 3rd, 1683, Upham †April 5th, 1765, Welwyn

73

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

Irish and English politician (1683-1757)

*October 25th, 1683, London †May 6th, 1757, London

70

Carl Gustaf Bielke

Swedish count, major-general and county governor

*July 12th, 1683, Stockholm †February 11th, 1754, Stockholm

62

Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1683-1745)

*August 18th, 1683, Saalfeld †September 4th, 1745, Saalfeld

73

Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duke of Mecklenburg (1683–1756)

*May 15th, 1683, Grabow †May 30th, 1756, Schwerin

74

Lorenz Heister

German botanist and doctor (1683-1758)

*September 19th, 1683, Frankfurt †April 18th, 1758, Bornum am Elm

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1683 is a normal year and no leap year.

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