December 13th, 1804

Born on December 13th, 1804

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What happened on December 13th?

December 13th, 1577

Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

December 13th, 1294

Saint Celestine V resigned the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.

December 13th, 2011

A man threw grenades and fired a rifle at crowds in Liège, Belgium, causing 6 deaths and injuring more than 120 others, before killing himself.

December 13th, 1989

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army engaged in a fierce firefight with the King's Own Scottish Borderers at a vehicle checkpoint complex in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

December 13th, 1981

Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski (pictured) declared martial law.

December 13th, 1960

With Haile Selassie (pictured), Emperor of Ethiopia, out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt to install Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen on the throne.

December 13th, 1937

Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces, capturing the Chinese city of Nanjing, began committing numerous atrocities over the next several weeks, including looting, rape and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians.

December 13th, 1928

An American in Paris, a jazz-influenced orchestral piece by George Gershwin, premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York.

December 13th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.

December 13th, 1769

Dartmouth College (campus pictured) was established by royal charter in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire.

December 13th, 1643

First English Civil War: Roundhead forces under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack in Hampshire on a winter garrison of Cavalier infantry and cavalry.

December 13th, 2019

Jo Swinson (pictured) steps down as Leader of the Liberal Democrats after losing her seat in the 2019 general election making her tenure the shortest in the party's history.

December 13th, 2015

Beyoncé (pictured) released her fifth studio album without any prior announcement or promotion; it sold 2.3 million copies before the end of the year.

December 13th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army retreated after the failure of Operation Whirlwind, destroying their tanks to avoid their capture.

December 13th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: While transporting supplies to Guadeloupe, French commodore François

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

Born on December 13th, 1804

68

Joseph Howe

Canadian politician (1804–1873)

*December 13th, 1804, Halifax †June 1st, 1873, Halifax

Same year
Born in 1804

64

Franklin Pierce

President of the United States from 1853 to 1857

*November 23rd, 1804, Hillsborough †October 8th, 1869, Concord

79

Albert Immer

Swiss theologian (1804-1884)

*August 10th, 1804, Unterseen †March 23rd, 1884, Bern

68

Ludwig Feuerbach

German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872)

*July 28th, 1804, Landshut †September 13th, 1872, Nuremberg

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

*July 4th, 1804, Salem †May 19th, 1864, Plymouth

76

Benjamin Disraeli

British statesman (1804–1881)

*December 21st, 1804, London †April 19th, 1881, Mayfair

71

George Sand

French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin

*July 1st, 1804, Paris †June 8th, 1876, Nohant-Vic

60

Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé

French music theorist (1804-1864)

*May 31st, 1804, Douarnenez †August 21st, 1864, Fontenay-le-Comte

63

George Baxter

English artist (1804-1867)

*January 1st, 1804, Lewes †January 1st, 1867, London

86

Wilhelm Eduard Weber

German physicist (1804–1891)

*October 4th, 1804, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †June 23rd, 1891, Göttingen

45

Johann Strauss I

Austrian Romantic composer

*March 14th, 1804, Leopoldstadt †September 25th, 1849, Vienna

46

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

German mathematician

*December 10th, 1804, Potsdam †February 18th, 1851, Berlin

63

Mongkut

King of Siam from 1851 to 1868

*October 18th, 1804, Thonburi †October 1st, 1868, Grand Palace

77

Matthias Jacob Schleiden

German botanist and philosopher (1804-1881)

*April 5th, 1804, Hamburg †June 23rd, 1881, Frankfurt

64

Allan Kardec

Systematizer of Spiritism (1804–1869)

*October 3rd, 1804, Lyon †March 31st, 1869, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

70

Eduard Mörike

German poet

*September 8th, 1804, Ludwigsburg †June 4th, 1875, Stuttgart

26

Napoleon Louis Bonaparte

Middle son of Louis I of Holland and Hortense de Beauharnais (1804–1831)

*October 11th, 1804, Paris †March 17th, 1831, Forlì

68

Jerónimo Carrión

President of Ecuador (1865 - 1867)

*July 6th, 1804, Cariamanga †May 5th, 1873, Quito

60

Joseph Paxton

English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament (1803-1865)

*August 3rd, 1804, Bedford †June 8th, 1865, London Borough of Lewisham

69

Carl von Paur

German politician (1804-1873)

*June 29th, 1804, Fahrenzhausen †December 6th, 1873, Weilheim in Oberbayern

85

Daniel R. Tilden

American politician (1804-1890)

*November 5th, 1804, Lebanon †March 4th, 1890, Cleveland

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Leap year

Yes: 1804 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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