June 13th, 1817

Born on June 13th, 1817

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 75,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 442 days, exactly on July 12th, 2025, people who were born on June 13th, 1817 will be 76,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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.

June 13th, 1525

Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, beginning the practice of clerical marriage in Protestantism.

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

Born on June 13th, 1817

68

Antonio Varas

Chilean politician (1817-1886)

*June 13th, 1817, Cauquenes †June 5th, 1886, Santiago

75

Antonio Torres Jurado

Guitar maker (1817-1892)

*June 13th, 1817, La Cañada de San Urbano †November 19th, 1892, Almería

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

48

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

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

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

78

Augusta Lundin

Swedish fashion designer

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

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

49

Benoît Rouquayrol

French inventor (1826-1875)

*June 13th, 1826, Espalion †November 14th, 1875, Rodez

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

73

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

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

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

57

Nick Ponting

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1966, London

47

Qiang Hong

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1976, Jiangsu

26

070 Shake

American rapper (born 1997)

*June 13th, 1997, North Bergen

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

60

Michal Malý

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1963, Hradec Králové

76

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

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

69

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian-American economist

*June 13th, 1954, Ogwashi-Uku

50

Kim Sønderholm

Danish actor and film director

*June 13th, 1973, Aarhus

Same year
Born in 1817

44

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

*July 12th, 1817, Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse †May 6th, 1862, Concord

85

Theodor Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)

*November 30th, 1817, Garding †November 1st, 1903, Charlottenburg

74

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

*November 12th, 1817, Tehran †May 29th, 1892, Acre

67

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

American politician (1817-1885)

*August 4th, 1817, Millstone †May 20th, 1885, Newark

33

Miguel Lafuente Alcántara

Spanish historian

*July 10th, 1817, Archidona †August 27th, 1850, Havana

78

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818 – 1895)

*January 31st, 1817, Talbot County †February 20th, 1895, Washington, D.C.

70

Theodor Storm

German writer

*September 14th, 1817, Husum †July 4th, 1888, Hanerau-Hademarschen

94

Joseph Dalton Hooker

British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

*June 30th, 1817, Halesworth †December 10th, 1911, Sunningdale

65

Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot

French general (1817-1882)

*February 24th, 1817, Nevers †August 16th, 1882, Versailles

78

Justo Arosemena Quesada

Colombian politician and writer

*August 9th, 1817, Colombia †February 23rd, 1896, Bogotá

85

Rudolf von Delbrück

Prussian statesman under Bismarck (1817-1903)

*April 16th, 1817, Berlin †February 1st, 1903, Berlin

54

Aimé Maillart

French composer

*March 24th, 1817, Montpellier †May 26th, 1871, Moulins

82

Ivan Aivazovsky

Russian marine painter (1817-1900)

*July 17th, 1817, Feodosiia †April 19th, 1900, Feodosiia

68

Jules d'Aoust

French noble and composer (1817-1886)

*March 16th, 1817, Arras †January 21st, 1886, Paris

92

Genova Thaon di Revel

Italian politician (1817-1910)

*November 20th, 1817, Genoa †September 3rd, 1910, Como

76

Charles Auguste Fraikin

Belgian curator and sculptor

*June 14th, 1817, Herentals †November 22nd, 1893, Schaerbeek

83

Ramón de Campoamor

Spanish author (1817-1901)

*September 24th, 1817, Navia †February 11th, 1901, Madrid

77

Heinrich von Sybel

German historian (1817-1895)

*December 2nd, 1817, Düsseldorf †August 1st, 1895, Marburg

55

Maria Merkert

Superior General of the Congregation of St Elizabeth

*September 21st, 1817, Nysa †November 14th, 1872, Nysa

88

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Duke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)

*July 24th, 1817, Biebrich Palace †November 17th, 1905, Lenggries

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Public holidays on June 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 13th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1817 is a normal year and no leap year.

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