August 13th, 1717

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Born on August 13th, 1717 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 13th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 13th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1717)

Born on August 13th, 1717

Weekday

Friday

August 13th, 1717 was a Friday.

Age

306

People born on August 13th, 1717 will turn 307 this year (2024), in exactly 42 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1717 - August 23rd, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 912 days, exactly on December 31st, 2026, people who were born on August 13th, 1717 will be 113,000 days old!

112,088 Days

16,012 Weeks

3,682 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 13th?

August 13th, 2010

After being boarded by Canadian authorities, MV Sun Sea docked in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants on board were placed into detention.

August 13th, 2004

Hurricane Charley struck the U.S. state of Florida, just 22 hours after Tropical Storm Bonnie inflicted its own damage to the region.

August 13th, 1999

The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted, formally establishing the Hinomaru and "Kimigayo" as the Japanese national flag and anthem, respectively.

August 13th, 1918

Opha May Johnson (pictured) became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

August 13th, 1906

Members of the U.S. Army's all-black 25th Infantry Regiment were accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence.

August 13th, 1898

Spanish–American War: After a mock battle for Manila, the Spanish commander surrendered to the United States to keep the city out of the Philippine Revolutionary Army's hands.

August 13th, 1876

The first Bayreuth Festival, created by Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima to showcase his stage works, was opened with Das Rheingold.

August 13th, 1868

A major earthquake near Arica, Peru (now in Chile), caused an estimated 25,000 casualties; the subsequent tsunami caused considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.

August 13th, 1779

American Revolutionary War: Off the coast of Maine, the United States suffered its worst naval defeat until 1941.

August 13th, 1762

Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following year.

August 13th, 1704

War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough led Allied forces to a crucial victory at the Battle of Blenheim.

August 13th, 1650

General George Monck founded the predecessor to the Coldstream Guards (soldier pictured), the oldest regular regiment of the British Army in continuous active service.

August 13th, 0582

Maurice was crowned Byzantine emperor to succeed Tiberius II Constantine.

August 13th, 1516

The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.

August 13th, 1099

Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II, who would become deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy.

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

Born on August 13th, 1717

Louis François, Prince of Conti

French noble and art collector (1717-1776)

*August 13th, 1717, Paris †August 2nd, 1776, Paris

Christoph Nichelmann

German musician and composer

*August 13th, 1717, Treuenbrietzen †July 20th, 1762, Berlin

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

Lennon Stella

Canadian singer and actress

*August 13th, 1999, Oshawa

Hansjürgen Müller-Beck

German prehistorian

*August 13th, 1927, Apolda †August 2nd, 2018, Bern

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Indian badminton player

*August 13th, 2000, Amalapuram

Alfred Hitchcock

English filmmaker (1899–1980)

*August 13th, 1899, Leytonstone †April 29th, 1980, Bel Air

Fidel Castro

Cuban politician and revolutionary (1926–2016)

*August 13th, 1926, Birán †November 25th, 2016, Havana

Albert Kallee

German judge

*August 13th, 1884, Michelbach am Wald †May 3rd, 1956, Heilbronn

Dagmar von Kurmin

German actress

*August 13th, 1933, Riga †August 1st, 2020, Bonn

Giulia Be

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 13th, 1999, Rio de Janeiro

Rudolf von Gneist

German politician (1816–1895)

*August 13th, 1816, Berlin †July 22nd, 1895, Berlin

Sebastian Stan

Romanian-born American-raised actor

*August 13th, 1982, Constanța

Kathleen Battle

American opera singer

*August 13th, 1948, Portsmouth

Harold B. Mattingly

British historian of graeco-roman history, numismatist and university teacher (1923-2015)

*August 13th, 1923, Finchley †August 23rd, 2015, Truro

Madhur Jaffrey

Indian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

*August 13th, 1933, Civil Lines, Delhi

Frederick Sanger

British biochemist

*August 13th, 1918, Rendcomb †November 19th, 2013, Cambridge

Anders Jonas Ångström

Swedish physicist

*August 13th, 1814, The iron factory Lögdö bruk †June 21st, 1874, Uppsala

Karl Liebknecht

German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)

*August 13th, 1871, Leipzig †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

Sridevi

Indian actress (1963–2018)

*August 13th, 1963, Sivakasi †February 24th, 2018, Dubai

Janet Yellen

United States Secretary of the Treasury since 2021

*August 13th, 1946, Brooklyn

Pat Harrington Jr.

American Emmy Award-winning stage and television actor (1929–2016)

*August 13th, 1929, Manhattan †January 6th, 2016, Los Angeles

Thomas Pogge

German philosopher

*August 13th, 1953, Hamburg

Same year
Born in 1717

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold

Pedro III of Portugal

King of Portugal

*July 5th, 1717, Lisbon †May 25th, 1786, Sintra

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, Trieste

Pius VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

*December 25th, 1717, Cesena †August 29th, 1799, Valence

Horace Walpole

English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)

*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, London

Mustafa III

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774

*January 28th, 1717, Constantinople †January 21st, 1774, Constantinople

Jean Dugain

French slave hunter and explorer

*February 23rd, 1717, Saint-Denis †January 1st, 1787

George Augustus Eliott

1st Lord Heathfield and Baron of Gibraltar, Army General, Governor of Gibraltar; (1717-1790)

*December 25th, 1717, Roxburghshire †July 6th, 1790, Aachen

Cardinal de Soubise

Catholic cardinal

*December 1st, 1717, Paris †June 28th, 1756, Saverne

Luis de Unzaga

Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)

*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga

Richard Owen Cambridge

British poet

*February 14th, 1717, London †September 17th, 1802, Richmond

Norbert Grund

Czech painter (1717-1767)

*December 4th, 1717, Prague †July 17th, 1767, Prague

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer (1717-1797)

*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park

Catharina Helena Dörrien

German botanist, botanical artist, author, translator, editor and governess (1717–1795)

*March 1st, 1717, Hildesheim †June 8th, 1795, Dillenburg

Philipp Erasmus Reich

German publisher

*December 1st, 1717, Laubach †December 3rd, 1787, Leipzig

Johann Augustin Dietelmair

*January 1st, 1717, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1785

Johann Stamitz

Czech composer and violinist

*June 19th, 1717, Havlíčkův Brod †March 27th, 1757, Mannheim

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 13th.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Central_African_Republic

International Lefthanders Day (International)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day

Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Tunisia

World Organ Donation Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_donation

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIII.VIII.MDCCXVII

13.8.1717

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1717

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August 13th, 1717

Born on August 13th, 1717

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 112,000 days old!

112,088 Days

16,012 Weeks

3,682 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 13th?

After being boarded by Canadian authorities, MV Sun Sea docked in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants on board were placed into detention.

Hurricane Charley struck the U.S. state of Florida, just 22 hours after Tropical Storm Bonnie inflicted its own damage to the region.

The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted, formally establishing the Hinomaru and "Kimigayo" as the Japanese national flag and anthem, respectively.

Opha May Johnson (pictured) became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.

Members of the U.S. Army's all-black 25th Infantry Regiment were accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence.

Spanish–American War: After a mock battle for Manila, the Spanish commander surrendered to the United States to keep the city out of the Philippine Revolutionary Army's hands.

The first Bayreuth Festival, created by Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima to showcase his stage works, was opened with Das Rheingold.

A major earthquake near Arica, Peru (now in Chile), caused an estimated 25,000 casualties; the subsequent tsunami caused considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.

American Revolutionary War: Off the coast of Maine, the United States suffered its worst naval defeat until 1941.

Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following year.

War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough led Allied forces to a crucial victory at the Battle of Blenheim.

General George Monck founded the predecessor to the Coldstream Guards (soldier pictured), the oldest regular regiment of the British Army in continuous active service.

Maurice was crowned Byzantine emperor to succeed Tiberius II Constantine.

The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.

Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II, who would become deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy.

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

Born on August 13th, 1717

French noble and art collector (1717-1776)

German musician and composer

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

Same year Born in 1717

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 13th

Benedetto Sinigardi

Benildus Romançon

Centola and Helen

Cassian of Imola

Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)

Fachtna of Rosscarbery

Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)

Herulph

Hippolytus of Rome

Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)

John Berchmans

Junian of Mairé

Blessed Marco d'Aviano

Maximus the Confessor

Nerses Glaietsi (Catholic Church)

Pope Pontian

Radegunde

Wigbert

August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.

International Lefthanders Day (International)

Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)

World Organ Donation Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

13.8.1717

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August 1717

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

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

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Born in 1717

Calendar
August 1717

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