March 13th, 1795

Born on March 13th, 1795

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 2020

Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.

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

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

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*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

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

55

Abigail Fillmore

First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*March 13th, 1798, Saratoga County †March 30th, 1853, Washington, D.C.

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Joseph Priestley

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

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

60

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

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

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

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

67

Joseph Mazilier

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 13th, 1801, Marseille †May 19th, 1868, 9th arrondissement of Paris

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

66

Emmy von Dincklage

German writer (1825-1891)

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

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

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

57

Hugh Walpole

British writer

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

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Born in 1795

53

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*November 2nd, 1795, Pineville †June 15th, 1849, Nashville

63

George Tyler Wood

2nd Governor of Texas (1795-1858)

*March 12th, 1795, Randolph County †September 3rd, 1858, Point Blank

25

John Keats

British romantic poet (1795–1821)

*October 31st, 1795, Moorgate †February 23rd, 1821, Rome

85

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

*December 4th, 1795, Ecclefechan †February 5th, 1881, London

90

Leopold von Ranke

German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)

*December 21st, 1795, Wiehe †May 23rd, 1886, Berlin

75

Jacques Louis Randon

French military and political leader (1795–1871)

*March 25th, 1795, Grenoble †January 16th, 1871, Geneva

87

Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet

Catholic cardinal (1795-1882)

*November 16th, 1795, Bourg-Argental †December 23rd, 1882, Bordeaux

70

Gustav Harkort

German politician (1795-1865)

*March 3rd, 1795, Haus Harkorten †August 29th, 1865, Leipzig

65

Frederick William IV of Prussia

King of Prussia

*October 15th, 1795, Berlin †January 2nd, 1861, Potsdam

35

Antonio José de Sucre

Venezuelan military and politician (1795–1830)

*February 3rd, 1795, Upata †June 4th, 1830, Gran Colombia

82

Charles Beslay

French politician (1795-1878)

*July 5th, 1795, Dinan †March 30th, 1878, Neuchâtel

60

Thaddeus William Harris

United States librarian and entomologist (1795-1856)

*November 12th, 1795, Dorchester †January 16th, 1856, Cambridge

82

Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers

Marshal of France and politician (1795-1878)

*September 6th, 1795, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †June 6th, 1878, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

46

Thomas Arnold

English educator and historian, headmaster of Rugby School

*June 13th, 1795, Cowes †June 12th, 1842, Rugby

74

Charles Sturt

Australian explorer (1795-1869)

*April 28th, 1795, Bengal †June 16th, 1869, Cheltenham

75

Otto Wigand

German politician and publisher (1795-1870)

*August 10th, 1795, Göttingen †September 1st, 1870, Leipzig

62

Elisabetha Grossmann

(1795-1858)

*December 14th, 1795, Brienz †March 20th, 1858, Interlaken

83

Rowland Hill

English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)

*December 3rd, 1795, Kidderminster †August 27th, 1879, Hampstead

55

Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker

German physician and medical writer

*January 1st, 1795, Erfurt †January 1st, 1850, Berlin

25

John William Polidori

English writer and physician

*September 7th, 1795, London †August 24th, 1821, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1795 is a normal year and no leap year.

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