July 13th, 1847

Born on July 13th, 1847

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What happened on July 13th?

July 13th, 2020

After a five day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru, confirming her death.

July 13th, 2013

Typhoon Soulik makes landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people.

July 13th, 2003

French Directorate-General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC guerrillas, resulting in a political scandal.

July 13th, 1992

The Croatian Army concludes Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.

July 13th, 1973

Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval Office.

July 13th, 1943

World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, begins.

July 13th, 1942

World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

July 13th, 1913

While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.

July 13th, 1863

Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War.

July 13th, 1831

Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic (cover shown), which engendered a period of unprecedented reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society.

July 13th, 1643

English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.

July 13th, 1586

Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repel a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria at the Battle of Pantelleria.

July 13th, 1260

Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe.

July 13th, 1260

The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

July 13th, 1249

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

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

Born on July 13th, 1847

23

Princess Leopoldina of Brazil

Brazilian princess (1847-1871)

*July 13th, 1847, Rio de Janeiro †February 7th, 1871, Vienna

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

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

28

Vilde Bøe Risa

Norwegian association football player

*July 13th, 1995, Bergen

100

Margaret Murray

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

*July 13th, 1863, Kolkata †November 13th, 1963, Welwyn

82

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

*July 13th, 1816, Kluczbork †April 30th, 1895, Wiesbaden

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

36

Vitalii Konov

Ukrainian badminton player

*July 13th, 1987, Priozersk

26

Ben Lane

English badminton player

*July 13th, 1997, Kingston upon Thames

78

Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

*July 13th, 1941, Rochester †October 11th, 2019, Los Angeles

25

Natsuki Oie

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Ishikawa Prefecture

31

Kristjan Kaljurand

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1992, Tallinn

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

66

Dene Smuts

South African politician

*July 13th, 1949, Bloemfontein †April 21st, 2016, Cape Town

24

Leong Jun Hao

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1999, Kuala Lumpur

81

Harrison Ford

American actor (born 1942)

*July 13th, 1942, Swedish Hospital

30

Linnea Berthelsen

Danish actress

*July 13th, 1993, Copenhagen

83

David Storey

British writer (1933-2017)

*July 13th, 1933, Wakefield †March 27th, 2017, London

Same year
Born in 1847

84

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847-1931)

*February 11th, 1847, Milan †October 18th, 1931, West Orange

75

Alexander Graham Bell

British-born American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)

*March 3rd, 1847, Edinburgh †August 2nd, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh

86

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

*October 2nd, 1847, 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań †August 2nd, 1934, Ogrodzieniec

70

Max Bösenberg

German architect

*July 3rd, 1847, Leipzig †May 23rd, 1918, Leipzig

64

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

*November 8th, 1847, Clontarf †April 20th, 1912, St George's Square

73

Adolf von Hildebrand

German sculptor

*October 6th, 1847, Marburg †January 18th, 1921, Munich

69

Wilhelm Effmann

German architect and historian (1847–1917)

*September 14th, 1847, Essen †May 23rd, 1917, Bonn

79

Alajos Hauszmann

Architect

*June 9th, 1847, Buda †July 31st, 1926, Velence

83

Otto Wallach

German chemist

*March 27th, 1847, Königsberg †February 26th, 1931, Göttingen

74

Nikolay Zhukovsky

Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics

*January 5th, 1847, Orekhovo, Vladimir oblast †March 17th, 1921, Moscow

34

Jesse James

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber

*September 5th, 1847, Kearney †April 3rd, 1882, St. Joseph

64

Joseph Pulitzer

Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)

*April 10th, 1847, Makó †October 29th, 1911, Charleston

75

George Robert Sims

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)

*September 2nd, 1847, London Borough of Lambeth †September 4th, 1922, City of Westminster

85

Annie Besant

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

*October 1st, 1847, Clapham †September 20th, 1933, Adyar

74

Georges Sorel

French philosopher and sociologist

*November 2nd, 1847, Cherbourg †August 29th, 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Emil Ferdinand Fehling

German lawyer, civil law notary, historian and politician (1847-1927)

*August 3rd, 1847, Lübeck †August 3rd, 1927, Lübeck

61

Afonso Pena

6th president of brazil

*November 30th, 1847, Santa Bárbara †June 14th, 1909, Rio de Janeiro

28

Hristo Botev

Bulgarian poet and revolutionary

*December 25th, 1847, Kalofer †May 20th, 1876

54

Paul Alexis

Novelist, dramatist and journalist

*June 16th, 1847, Aix-en-Provence †July 28th, 1901, Levallois-Perret

63

Ernest Crofts

British artist (1847-1911)

*September 15th, 1847, Leeds †March 19th, 1911, London

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No: With 365 days 1847 is a normal year and no leap year.

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