March 13th, 1720

Born on March 13th, 1720

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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.

March 13th, 1848

Klemens von Metternich was forced to resign as the foreign minister of Austria following student demonstrations in Vienna.

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 primary school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and a teacher and prompting tighter gun control in the United Kingdom.

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 (depicted) 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.

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

Born on March 13th, 1720

73

Charles Bonnet

Genevan philosopher and naturalist (1720–1793)

*March 13th, 1720, Geneva †May 20th, 1793, Genthod

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85

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

57

Anna Maria Mozart

Mother of Maria Anna ("Nannerl") and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*December 25th, 1720, St. Gilgen †July 3rd, 1778, Paris

77

Vilna Gaon

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)

*April 23rd, 1720, Sialiec †October 9th, 1797, Vilnius

77

Heraclius II of Georgia

Georgian monarch; King of Kakheti (1744–62), King of Kartli and Kakheti (1762–98)

*November 7th, 1720, Telavi †January 11th, 1798, Telavi

30

Sakuramachi

Emperor of Japan (1720-1750)

*February 8th, 1720, Kyoto †May 28th, 1750, Kyoto

71

Heinrich Friedrich Delius

German physician, naturalist and chemist (1720-1791)

*July 8th, 1720, Wernigerode †October 22nd, 1791, Erlangen

55

Christoph Friedrich Schott

German theologian

*April 13th, 1720, Burgstetten †June 18th, 1775, Tübingen

57

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen

Painter, engraver and draughtsman (1720-1778)

*August 17th, 1720, Valenciennes †January 4th, 1778, City of Brussels

72

Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin

French politician (1720-1792)

*March 24th, 1720, Périgueux †September 16th, 1792, Spa

57

Samuel Foote

British dramatist

*January 27th, 1720, Truro †October 21st, 1777, Dover

51

John Woolman

American Quaker preacher and writer

*October 19th, 1720, New Jersey †October 7th, 1772, York

83

Gian Francesco Albani

Catholic cardinal (1775–1803)

*February 26th, 1720, Rome †September 15th, 1803, Rome

82

Johann Joachim Busch

German architect

*September 18th, 1720, Schwerin †December 27th, 1802, Plau am See

67

José de Gálvez

Spanish lawyer (1720-1787)

*January 2nd, 1720, Macharaviaya †June 17th, 1787, Aranjuez

75

Sarah Scott

British writer

*September 21st, 1720, Yorkshire †November 3rd, 1795, Norwich

48

Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel

German university teacher (1720-1769)

*May 4th, 1720, Krebs †February 4th, 1769, Freiberg

72

Martin Gerbert

German scholar

*August 11th, 1720, Horb am Neckar †May 13th, 1793, St. Blasien

79

Nicolas-Henri Jardin

French architect in Denmark (1720-1799)

*March 22nd, 1720, Bussy-Saint-Martin †August 31st, 1799, Paris

72

Gilbert White

18th-century English priest and naturalist; (1720-1793)

*July 18th, 1720, Selborne †June 26th, 1793, Selborne

83

Henrik Adam Brockenhuus

Danish courtier, local administrator in Zealand

*May 30th, 1720, Hamar Municipality †June 11th, 1803, Jungshovedgaard

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Leap year

Yes: 1720 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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