March 13th, 1819

Born on March 13th, 1819

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

Born on March 13th, 1819

70

Victor Chauffour

French politician

*March 13th, 1819, Colmar †June 24th, 1889, Paris

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

66

Emmy von Dincklage

German writer (1825-1891)

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

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

72

Eduardo Scarpetta

Italian actor and playwright (1853–1925)

*March 13th, 1853, Naples †November 29th, 1925, Naples

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

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

70

Joseph Priestley

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

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

57

Hugh Walpole

British writer

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

96

James Curtis Hepburn

American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)

*March 13th, 1815, Milton †September 21st, 1911, East Orange

86

Janet Flanner

American journalist

*March 13th, 1892, Indianapolis †November 7th, 1978, New York City

Same year
Born in 1819

81

Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901

*May 24th, 1819, Kensington Palace †January 22nd, 1901, Osborne House

90

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb

Faroese folklorist and linguist, Lutheran clergyman

*March 25th, 1819, Sandavágur †April 8th, 1909, Copenhagen

71

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll

German classical philologist

*January 16th, 1819, Sechshelden †June 19th, 1890, Weilburg

61

Jacques Offenbach

German-born French composer (1819–1880)

*June 20th, 1819, Cologne †October 5th, 1880, Paris

72

Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

*August 1st, 1819, Manhattan †September 28th, 1891, New York City

72

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden

70

Gottfried Keller

Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819-1890)

*July 19th, 1819, Zürich †July 15th, 1890, Zürich

61

George Eliot

English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)

*November 22nd, 1819, Nuneaton †December 22nd, 1880, London

76

Peter Dickel

German organ builder

*September 18th, 1819, Treisbach †June 27th, 1896, Treisbach

93

Harriet Tubman

African-American abolitionist and humanitarian

*November 30th, 1819, Dorchester County †March 10th, 1913, Auburn

42

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince consort of the United Kingdom (1840-1861)

*August 26th, 1819, Schloss Rosenau †December 14th, 1861, Windsor Castle

83

Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

British mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)

*August 13th, 1819, County Sligo †February 1st, 1903, Cambridge

76

Clara Schumann

German musician and composer

*September 13th, 1819, Leipzig †May 20th, 1896, Frankfurt

76

Hippolyte Fizeau

French physicist (1819-1896)

*September 23rd, 1819, Paris †September 18th, 1896, Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne). Le petit cloître de l’abbaye

78

Theodor Fontane

German novelist and poet (1819-1898)

*December 30th, 1819, Neuruppin †September 20th, 1898, Berlin

86

Joseph Merklin

German organ builder (1819-1905)

*February 17th, 1819, Rheinhausen †July 10th, 1905, Nancy

53

Stanisław Moniuszko

Polish composer

*May 5th, 1819, Ubiel †June 4th, 1872, Warsaw

30

Báb

Founder of the religion Bábism, for the Bahai Predecessor of Bahāʾullāh

*October 20th, 1819, Shiraz †July 9th, 1850, Tabriz

70

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate

Dutch writer 1819-1889

*December 23rd, 1819, The Hague †December 24th, 1889, Amsterdam

81

Edward Stafford

Prime Minister of New Zealand (1819-1901)

*April 23rd, 1819, Edinburgh †February 14th, 1901, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1819 is a normal year and no leap year.

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