March 13th, 1696

Born on March 13th, 1696

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 13th?

March 13th, 1741

War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (depicted).

March 13th, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.

March 13th, 1996

A mass shooting at a school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 17 people and prompting tighter gun control in the UK.

March 13th, 1988

The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.

March 13th, 1985

One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.

March 13th, 1964

Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.

March 13th, 1962

Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba.

March 13th, 1943

The Holocaust: Nazi troops began the final liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.

March 13th, 1920

The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.

March 13th, 1845

German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as the soloist.

March 13th, 1811

Napoleonic Wars: A British frigate squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.

March 13th, 1781

William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.

March 13th, 1697

Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

March 13th, 1567

A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.

March 13th, 2020

Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.

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

Born on March 13th, 1696

92

Armand de Vignerot du Plessis

French diplomat

*March 13th, 1696, Paris †August 8th, 1788, Paris

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 13th?

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

29

Nozomi Okuhara

Japanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1995, Ōmachi

30

Yang Po-Han

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1994, Taipei

33

Luan Santana

Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)

*March 13th, 1991, Campo Grande

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

70

Joseph Priestley

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804)

*March 13th, 1733, Birstall †February 6th, 1804, Northumberland

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

48

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790

*March 13th, 1741, Hietzing †February 20th, 1790, Vienna

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

85

Innocent XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700

*March 13th, 1615, Spinazzola †September 27th, 1700, Rome

67

Alexander Józef Sulkowski

Polish politician (1695-1762)

*March 13th, 1695, Kraków †May 21st, 1762, Leszno

57

Hugh Walpole

British writer

*March 13th, 1884, Auckland †June 1st, 1941, London

86

Janet Flanner

American journalist

*March 13th, 1892, Indianapolis †November 7th, 1978, New York City

Same year
Born in 1696

74

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer

German sculptor

*January 1st, 1696, Linz †January 2nd, 1770, Mimmenhausen

66

Augustus III of Poland

King of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)

*October 17th, 1696, Dresden †October 5th, 1763, Dresden

46

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey

English courtier, political writer and memoirist (1696-1743)

*October 13th, 1696, London †August 5th, 1743, London

58

Mahmud I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754

*August 2nd, 1696, Edirne †December 13th, 1754, Constantinople

74

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Italian painter (1696-1770)

*March 5th, 1696, Venice †March 27th, 1770, Madrid

82

Francesca Cuzzoni

Singer

*April 2nd, 1696, Parma †June 19th, 1778, Bologna

59

Maurice Greene

English composer and organist

*August 12th, 1696, London †December 1st, 1755, London

88

James Oglethorpe

British Army general, founder of the Georgia colony (1696-1785)

*December 22nd, 1696, London †June 30th, 1785, Cranham

84

Sophia Galloway

(1697-1781)

*May 7th, 1696, West River †January 27th, 1781, Anne Arundel County

90

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Italian Catholic bishop (1696–1787)

*September 27th, 1696, Naples †August 1st, 1787, Pagani

41

James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick

Jacobite and Spanish general and noble

*October 21st, 1696, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †June 2nd, 1738, Naples

54

Maurice de Saxe

Marshal General of France (1696-1750)

*October 28th, 1696, Goslar †November 20th, 1750, Château de Chambord

64

William Oldys

English antiquarian and bibliographer, Norroy king-at-arms (1696-1761)

*July 14th, 1696, London †April 15th, 1761, College of Arms

80

Johann Thomas von Quentel

German catholic priest

*December 21st, 1696, Cologne †January 1st, 1777, Cologne

60

Andrea Zani

Italian violinist and composer (1696-1757)

*November 11th, 1696, Casalmaggiore †September 28th, 1757, Casalmaggiore

84

Johann Michael Beer

Austrian architect

*May 20th, 1696, Au †July 3rd, 1780, Bildstein

76

Jean-Philippe-René de La Bléterie

French historian and translator

*February 25th, 1696, Rennes †June 1st, 1772, Paris

60

Johann Caspar Bagnato

German architect

*September 13th, 1696, Landau in der Pfalz †June 15th, 1757, Mainau

68

Johann Melchior Molter

German composer

*February 10th, 1696, Tiefenort †January 12th, 1765, Karlsruhe

86

Francesco de Mura

Italian painter (1696-1782)

*April 21st, 1696, Naples †August 19th, 1782, Naples

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Leap year

Yes: 1696 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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