June 13th, 1740

Born on June 13th, 1740

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

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What happened on June 13th, 1740?

June 13th, 1740

Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.

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What else happened on June 13th?

June 13th, 2013

Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption.

June 13th, 2011

A 6.0 Mw earthquake caused up to NZ$6 billion of additional damage to Christchurch, New Zealand, which was still recovering from an earthquake four months earlier.

June 13th, 2007

Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.

June 13th, 1996

After an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the Christian Patriot group Montana Freemen surrendered to the FBI.

June 13th, 1983

Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.

June 13th, 1971

The New York Times published the first excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.

June 13th, 1970

"The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' twentieth and final number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

June 13th, 1969

Governor of Texas Preston Smith signed a law converting a research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at Dallas.

June 13th, 1952

Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed three days later by the shootdown of a second plane searching for the first one.

June 13th, 1944

Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.

June 13th, 1935

In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

June 13th, 1916

World War I: The Battle of Mont Sorrel in the Ypres Salient came to an end as a Canadian assault led German forces to withdraw to their original lines.

June 13th, 1881

The Jeannette expedition to reach the North Pole from the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait came to an end when the USS Jeannette (pictured) was finally crushed and sank after having been trapped in ice for almost two years.

June 13th, 1805

Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.

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

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

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

48

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

*June 13th, 1831, Edinburgh †November 5th, 1879, Cambridge

78

Augusta Lundin

Swedish fashion designer

*June 13th, 1840, Kristianstad †February 20th, 1919, Stockholm

70

Martha Washington

First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*June 13th, 1731, Chestnut Grove †May 22nd, 1802, Mount Vernon

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

35

Nikita Khakimov

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1988, Moscow

30

Kai Schäfer

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1993, Darmstadt

28

Jeon Hyuk-jin

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1995, Ulsan

26

070 Shake

American rapper (born 1997)

*June 13th, 1997, North Bergen

47

Qiang Hong

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1976, Jiangsu

57

Nick Ponting

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1966, London

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

60

Michal Malý

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1963, Hradec Králové

55

Thomas Young

English polymath

*June 13th, 1773, Milverton †May 10th, 1829, London

69

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian-American economist

*June 13th, 1954, Ogwashi-Uku

73

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

*June 13th, 1865, Sandymount †January 28th, 1939, Menton

76

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

*June 13th, 1897, Turku †October 2nd, 1973, Helsinki

Same year
Born in 1740

74

Marquis de Sade

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

*June 2nd, 1740, Paris †December 2nd, 1814, Saint-Maurice

62

Samuel Arnold

English composer and organist (1740-1802)

*August 10th, 1740, London †October 22nd, 1802, London

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

*February 28th, 1740, Uhlstädt †October 11th, 1819, Grodziszcze, Ząbkowice Śląskie County

74

Margaret Bingham

British painter and writer (1740–1814)

*January 1st, 1740, Devon †February 27th, 1814, St James's Place

73

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

French dramatist and writer (1740-1814)

*June 6th, 1740, Paris †April 25th, 1814, Paris

65

Isabelle de Charrière

Dutch French-language writer and composer

*October 20th, 1740, Zuylen Castle †December 27th, 1805, Colombier

54

James Boswell

British lawyer, diarist, and author (1740–1795)

*October 18th, 1740, Edinburgh †May 19th, 1795, London

23

Ivan VI of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1740–1764)

*August 12th, 1740, Saint Petersburg †July 5th, 1764, Shlisselburg

55

Carl Michael Bellman

Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795)

*February 4th, 1740, Maria Magdalena parish †February 11th, 1795, Klara Church Parish

74

Matthias Claudius

German poet (1740-1815)

*August 15th, 1740, Reinfeld †January 21st, 1815, Hamburg

54

Nicolas Chamfort

French journalist and moralistic author

*April 6th, 1740, Clermont-Ferrand †April 13th, 1794, Paris

58

Horace Bénédict de Saussure

Genevan scientist (1740-1799)

*February 17th, 1740, Conches †January 22nd, 1799, Geneva

87

Elisabeth Olin

Singer (1740-1828)

*December 23rd, 1740, Katarina church parish †March 26th, 1828, Storkyrkoförsamlingen

64

Armand-Gaston Camus

French archivist and revolutionary (1740–1804)

*April 2nd, 1740, Paris †November 2nd, 1804, Paris

87

Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli

French politician and priest (1740-1828)

*October 20th, 1740, Alessandria †April 19th, 1828, Parma

68

Manuel Bayeu

Spanish painter (1740-1809)

*January 8th, 1740, Zaragoza †November 30th, 1808, Zaragoza

81

Elias Boudinot

American lawyer and statesman (1740-1821)

*May 2nd, 1740, Philadelphia †October 24th, 1821, Burlington

67

Christoph Dionysius von Seeger

Württembergian university teacher (1740-1808)

*October 7th, 1740, Schöckingen †June 26th, 1808, Blaubeuren

54

Nicola Spedalieri

Italian priest, theologian, and philosopher (1740-1795)

*December 6th, 1740, Bronte †November 26th, 1795, Rome

61

Josep Esteve i Bonet

Spanish sculptor (1741-1802)

*November 30th, 1740, Valencia †November 30th, 1801, Valencia

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Public holidays on June 13th

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Leap year

Yes: 1740 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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