March 13th, 1726

Born on March 13th, 1726

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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, 2004

The Filipino singer Rachelle Ann Go won the reality talent show Search for a Star, performing a cover of Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" in the grand final.

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

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Who's birthday is on March 13th?

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

70

Joseph Priestley

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

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

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper and singer

*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

66

Emmy von Dincklage

German writer (1825-1891)

*March 13th, 1825, Gut Campe †June 28th, 1891, Berlin

48

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790

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

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

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

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

57

Hugh Walpole

British writer (1884-1941)

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

60

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Prussian architect, city planner and painter (1781–1841)

*March 13th, 1781, Neuruppin †October 9th, 1841, Berlin

73

Charles Bonnet

Genevan philosopher and naturalist (1720–1793)

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

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66

Jacob Friedrich Isenflamm

German physician and university teacher

*September 21st, 1726, Vienna †February 23rd, 1793, Erlangen

79

François Denis Tronchet

French jurist (1726-1806)

*March 23rd, 1726, Paris †March 10th, 1806, Paris

70

James Hutton

Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)

*June 3rd, 1726, Edinburgh †March 26th, 1797, Edinburgh

78

Joseph Roos

Austrian painter (1726-1805)

*October 9th, 1726, Vienna †August 25th, 1805, Vienna

74

William Gibbons

American lawyer and revolutionary from Georgia (1726-1800)

*April 8th, 1726, Charleston County †September 27th, 1800, Savannah

79

Johann Martin Will

German publisher (1727-1806)

*November 30th, 1726, Kempten †November 30th, 1805, Augsburg

66

Johann Hartmann

Danish composer

*December 24th, 1726, Głogów †October 21st, 1793, Copenhagen

76

François-Henri d'Harcourt

French general

*January 12th, 1726, Paris †July 22nd, 1802, Surrey

61

Daniel Beat Ludwig Funk

Swiss watchmaker

*January 1st, 1726, Bern †May 1st, 1787, Bern

71

Oliver Wolcott

American politician, Connecticut (1726-1797)

*November 20th, 1726, Windsor †December 1st, 1797, Litchfield

66

Johann Ludwig Schmidt

German law scholar (1726-1792)

*April 22nd, 1726, Quedlinburg †August 2nd, 1792, Jena

66

Johann Philipp Kahler

(1726-1792)

*June 9th, 1726, Rinteln †October 13th, 1792, Rodenberg

80

José Clavijo y Fajardo

Spanish naturalist, journalist and publicist (1726-1806)

*May 19th, 1726, Teguise †November 3rd, 1806, Madrid

67

Isaac Roosevelt

American merchant and politician; great-great-grandfather of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1726-1794)

*December 19th, 1726, New York City †October 13th, 1794

68

François-André Danican Philidor

French composer and chess player (1726-1795)

*September 7th, 1726, Dreux †August 31st, 1795, London

41

Eggert Ólafsson

Icelandic writer and explorer (1726-1768)

*December 1st, 1726, Snæfellsnes †May 30th, 1768

29

Gerard Majella

Italian Redemptorist lay brother and saint (1729-1755)

*April 6th, 1726, Muro Lucano †September 30th, 1755, Caposele

72

Josep Vergara

Spanish painter (1726-1799)

*June 2nd, 1726, Valencia †March 9th, 1799, Valencia

82

James Warren

American politician

*September 28th, 1726, Plymouth †November 28th, 1808

70

Vittorio Amadeo III of Sardinia

King of Sardinia (1773-1796)

*June 26th, 1726, Turin †October 16th, 1796, Moncalieri

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1726 is a normal year and no leap year.

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