January 13th, 1749

Born on January 13th, 1749

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 101,000 days old!

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What happened on January 13th?

January 13th, 2012

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (pictured) ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.

January 13th, 2001

The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.

January 13th, 2000

Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.

January 13th, 1972

Bernice Gera won a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, allowing her to become the first female professional baseball umpire.

January 13th, 1968

American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison in California.

January 13th, 1963

Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.

January 13th, 1915

About 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Province of L'Aquila in Italy.

January 13th, 1884

Welsh physician William Price (pictured) was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; this eventually led to the passing of the Cremation Act 1902 by Parliament.

January 13th, 1847

The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed, informally ending the fighting of the Mexican–American War in California.

January 13th, 1842

First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, was the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad who evaded capture or death.

January 13th, 1815

British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, in the only battle of the War of 1812 to take place in the state of Georgia.

January 13th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground.

January 13th, 1435

Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.

January 13th, 1916

The first Feminist Congress of Yucatán (delegates pictured) began in Mérida, Mexico, to propose reforms for women's social, educational, and legal rights.

January 13th, 1949

In the first recorded instance of strike action by Catholic laity against the clergy, gravediggers at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York City, went on strike.

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

Same year
Born in 1749

77

Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)

*March 23rd, 1749, Beaumont-en-Auge †March 5th, 1827, Paris

73

Edward Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

*May 17th, 1749, Berkeley †January 26th, 1823, Berkeley

72

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

French mathematician and astronomer

*September 19th, 1749, Amiens †August 19th, 1822, Paris

29

Thomas Lynch

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749-1779)

*August 5th, 1749, Georgetown County †January 1st, 1779, Atlantic Ocean

83

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

*February 15th, 1749, Houndsditch †June 6th, 1832, London

51

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school

*December 17th, 1749, Aversa †January 11th, 1801, Venice

89

Lorenzo Da Ponte

Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)

*March 10th, 1749, Ceneda †August 17th, 1838, New York City

69

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

German musician, musicologist and music theorist (1749-1818)

*February 22nd, 1749, Meeder †March 20th, 1818, Göttingen

67

Abraham Gottlob Werner

German geologist (1749-1817)

*September 25th, 1749, Osiecznica †June 30th, 1817, Dresden

57

Charles James Fox

British Whig statesman (1749–1806)

*January 24th, 1749, Westminster †September 13th, 1806, Chiswick

84

Anton Matthias Sprickmann

German writer (1749-1833)

*September 7th, 1749, Münster †November 22nd, 1833, Münster

64

Georg Joseph Vogler

German composer, organist, teacher and music theorist (1747–1814)

*June 15th, 1749, Würzburg †May 6th, 1814, Darmstadt

72

Peter Godeffroy

German merchant from Hamburg

*June 4th, 1749, Hamburg †November 30th, 1821, Hamburg

45

Edvard Storm

Norwegian poet (1749-1794)

*August 21st, 1749, Vågå †September 29th, 1794, Copenhagen

66

Justus Perthes

German publisher (1749-1816)

*September 11th, 1749, Rudolstadt †May 2nd, 1816, Gotha

66

Cornelis van der Aa

Bookseller, author (1749-1815)

*October 22nd, 1749, Leiden †October 26th, 1815, Amsterdam

77

Domenico Alberto Azuni

Italian jurist (1749-1827)

*August 3rd, 1749, Sassari †January 23rd, 1827, Cagliari

79

Valentin Sonnenschein

German sculptor (1749-1828)

*May 22nd, 1749, Stuttgart †September 22nd, 1828, Bern

79

Gregorio Funes

Argentine clergyman and academic (1749-1829)

*May 25th, 1749, Córdoba †January 10th, 1829, Buenos Aires

68

Christian Gottlieb Gmelin

German jurist

*November 3rd, 1749, Tübingen †March 6th, 1818, Tübingen

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Public holidays on January 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Old New Year's Eve , Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period) which are celebrated on January 13th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1749 is a normal year and no leap year.

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