July 13th, 1698

Born on July 13th, 1698

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What happened on July 13th?

July 13th, 2020

After a five day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru, confirming her death.

July 13th, 2013

Typhoon Soulik makes landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people.

July 13th, 2003

French Directorate-General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC guerrillas, resulting in a political scandal.

July 13th, 1992

The Croatian Army concludes Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.

July 13th, 1973

Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval Office.

July 13th, 1943

World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, begins.

July 13th, 1942

World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

July 13th, 1913

While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.

July 13th, 1863

Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War.

July 13th, 1831

Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic (cover shown), which engendered a period of unprecedented reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society.

July 13th, 1643

English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.

July 13th, 1586

Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repel a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria at the Battle of Pantelleria.

July 13th, 1260

Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe.

July 13th, 1260

The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

July 13th, 1249

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

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

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

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

28

Vilde Bøe Risa

Norwegian association football player

*July 13th, 1995, Bergen

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

82

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

36

Vitalii Konov

Ukrainian badminton player

*July 13th, 1987, Priozersk

26

Ben Lane

English badminton player

*July 13th, 1997, Kingston upon Thames

25

Natsuki Oie

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Ishikawa Prefecture

31

Kristjan Kaljurand

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1992, Tallinn

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

24

Leong Jun Hao

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1999, Kuala Lumpur

55

Francis Drake

English sailor and privateer (c. 1540 – 1596)

*July 13th, 1540, Tavistock †January 27th, 1596, Portobelo

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

*July 13th, 1816, Kluczbork †April 30th, 1895, Wiesbaden

78

Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

*July 13th, 1941, Rochester †October 11th, 2019, Los Angeles

66

Dene Smuts

South African politician

*July 13th, 1949, Bloemfontein †April 21st, 2016, Cape Town

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

30

Linnea Berthelsen

Danish actress

*July 13th, 1993, Copenhagen

81

Harrison Ford

American actor (born 1942)

*July 13th, 1942, Swedish Hospital

100

Margaret Murray

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

*July 13th, 1863, Kolkata †November 13th, 1963, Welwyn

Same year
Born in 1698

60

Pierre Bouguer

French astronomer and mathematician (1698-1758)

*February 10th, 1698, Le Croisic †August 15th, 1758, Paris

74

Jean-Michel Chevotet

French architect (1698-1772)

*July 11th, 1698, Paris †December 4th, 1772, Paris

108

Jean Thurel

Fusilier of the French Army for over 90 years

*September 8th, 1698, Orain †March 10th, 1807, Tours

67

Prokop Diviš

Czech physicist, inventor and roman catholic priest (1698-1765)

*March 26th, 1698, Helvíkovice †December 21st, 1765, Přímětice

58

Miklós Csáky

Hungarian archbishop

*December 5th, 1698, Spiš Castle †March 31st, 1757, Bratislava

61

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (*1698 – †1759)

*July 17th, 1698, Saint-Malo †July 27th, 1759, Basel

88

François Francoeur

French composer and violinist

*September 21st, 1698, Paris †August 5th, 1787, Paris

84

Pietro Metastasio

Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)

*January 3rd, 1698, Rome †April 12th, 1782, Vienna

83

Ange-Jacques Gabriel

French architect

*October 23rd, 1698, Paris †January 4th, 1782, Paris

66

Erik Pontoppidan

Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary (1698–1764)

*August 24th, 1698, Aarhus †December 20th, 1764, Copenhagen

77

Jean-Michel Papillon

French engraver (1698-1776)

*June 2nd, 1698, Paris †May 14th, 1776, Paris

78

Christoph Friedrich Steffen von Plettenberg-Stockum

Prussian General (1698-1777)

*November 30th, 1698, Plettenberg †March 17th, 1777, Haus Heyde

65

Nicola Logroscino

Italian composer

*October 22nd, 1698, Bitonto †January 1st, 1764, Palermo

77

Gisbert Matthias Elsner

German theologian

*April 1st, 1698, Goch †July 7th, 1775, Jutphaas

71

Charlotta Frölich

Swedish writer, historian, agronomist and poet

*November 28th, 1698, Gävle †July 21st, 1770, Uppsala

81

Jacobus Houbraken

Dutch engraver (1698-1780)

*December 25th, 1698, Dordrecht †November 14th, 1780, Amsterdam

79

Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal

Colonial governor of Louisiana (1698-1778)

*November 22nd, 1698, Quebec City †August 4th, 1778, Paris

65

Anton Ignaz Gunetzrhainer

German builder

*July 31st, 1698, Munich †January 1st, 1764, Munich

40

Charles François de Cisternay du Fay

French chemist

*September 14th, 1698, Paris †July 16th, 1739, Paris

57

Daniel Archinard

(1698-1755)

*September 8th, 1698, Geneva †December 29th, 1755, Brunswick

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