January 13th, 1688

Born on January 13th, 1688

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 123,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 13th?

January 13th, 2012

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (pictured) ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.

January 13th, 2001

The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.

January 13th, 2000

Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.

January 13th, 1972

Bernice Gera won a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, allowing her to become the first female professional baseball umpire.

January 13th, 1968

American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison in California.

January 13th, 1963

Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.

January 13th, 1915

About 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Province of L'Aquila in Italy.

January 13th, 1884

Welsh physician William Price (pictured) was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; this eventually led to the passing of the Cremation Act 1902 by Parliament.

January 13th, 1847

The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed, informally ending the fighting of the Mexican–American War in California.

January 13th, 1842

First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, was the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad who evaded capture or death.

January 13th, 1815

British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, in the only battle of the War of 1812 to take place in the state of Georgia.

January 13th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground.

January 13th, 1435

Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.

January 13th, 1916

The first Feminist Congress of Yucatán (delegates pictured) began in Mérida, Mexico, to propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights.

January 13th, 1949

In the first recorded instance of strike action by Catholic laity against the clergy, gravediggers at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York City, went on strike.

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

Same year
Born in 1688

58

Nader Shah

Shah of Iran (r. 1736–47) and founder of the Afsharid dynasty

*October 22nd, 1688, Dargaz †June 19th, 1747, Quchan

51

Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia

King of Prussia (1688-1740)

*August 14th, 1688, Berlin †May 31st, 1740, City Palace

75

Pierre de Marivaux

French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)

*February 4th, 1688, Paris †February 11th, 1763, Paris

77

James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales

Pretender to the English, Scottish and Irish throne

*June 10th, 1688, St James's Palace †January 1st, 1766, Rome

53

Ulrika Eleonora I of Sweden

Queen regnant of Sweden from 1718 to 1720

*January 23rd, 1688, Stockholm †November 24th, 1741, Stockholm

80

Joseph-Nicolas Delisle

French astronomer

*April 4th, 1688, Paris †September 11th, 1768, Paris

35

Amalia Pachelbel

German artist (1688-1723)

*October 29th, 1688, Erfurt †December 6th, 1723, Nuremberg

66

Joachim Daniel von Jauch

German general (1688-1754)

*March 22nd, 1688, Güstrow †May 3rd, 1754, Warsaw

43

Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

German duke (1688-1731)

*February 5th, 1688, Merseburg †April 21st, 1731, Merseburg

59

Johann Gotthilf Ziegler

German composer (1688-1747)

*March 25th, 1688, Leubnitz-Neuostra †September 15th, 1747, Halle (Saale)

90

Joseph Xaupi

French writer

*March 10th, 1688, Perpignan †December 7th, 1778, Paris

63

William Cheselden

English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery (1688-1752)

*October 19th, 1688, Somerby †April 10th, 1752, Bath

68

Louis Bertrand Castel

Mathematician, philosopher

*November 15th, 1688, Montpellier †January 9th, 1757, Paris

54

Julius Bernhard von Rohr

(1688-1742) German theological writer

*March 28th, 1688, Elsterwerda †April 18th, 1742, Leipzig

88

Cadwallader Colden

Lieutenant governor, acting governor of the Province of New York (1688-1776)

*February 7th, 1688, Duns †September 28th, 1776, Flushing

59

Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach

*April 19th, 1688, Weimar †January 19th, 1748, Eisenach

70

Johann Friedrich Fasch

German violinist and composer

*April 15th, 1688, Buttelstedt †December 5th, 1758, Zerbst

58

John Louis II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

German prince

*June 23rd, 1688, Dornburg †November 5th, 1746, Zerbst

65

Gao Xiang

Chinese artist (1688-1753)

*January 1st, 1688, Jiangdu District †January 1st, 1753

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Old New Year's Eve , Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period) which are celebrated on January 13th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1688 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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