January 13th, 1853

Born on January 13th, 1853

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 13th?

January 13th, 2012

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.

January 13th, 2000

Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.

January 13th, 1972

Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo.

January 13th, 1968

American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom Prison in California.

January 13th, 1963

Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.

January 13th, 1915

About 30,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck the Province of L'Aquila in Italy.

January 13th, 1884

Welsh physician William Price (pictured) was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; this eventually led to the United Kingdom cremation act becoming law.

January 13th, 1847

The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed, informally ending the fighting of the Mexican–American War in California.

January 13th, 1842

First Anglo-Afghan War: William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British Army, was the sole European of the 14,000 people retreating from Kabul to Jalalabad who evaded capture or death.

January 13th, 1815

War of 1812: British troops captured Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, in the only battle of the war to take place in the state.

January 13th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground.

January 13th, 1435

Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish.

January 13th, 2000

A Short 360 aircraft chartered by the Sirte Oil Company crashes off the coast of Brega, Libya, killing 21.

January 13th, 2021

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.

January 13th, 2020

The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.

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

Born on January 13th, 1853

171

Joseph Salomonson

Dutch consul, entrepreneur and pioneer of the Lebensreform

*January 13th, 1853, Amsterdam

58

Caroline Bruch-Sinn

Austro-Hungarian writer

*January 13th, 1853, Olomouc †November 1st, 1911, Vienna

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

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

91

Osa Massen

Danish actress (1914-2006)

*January 13th, 1914, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 2006, Santa Monica

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

35

Derek Wong

Singaporean badminton player

*January 13th, 1989, Singapore

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

43

Lee Hyo-jung

South Korean badminton player

*January 13th, 1981, Busan

40

Kęstutis Navickas

Lithuanian badminton player

*January 13th, 1984, Kaunas

30

Edi Subaktiar

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sidoarjo

30

Emmanuel Donkor

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1994, Sekondi-Takoradi

29

Dylan Soedjasa

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1995, Takapuna

51

Félix Tisserand

French astronomer (1845-1896)

*January 13th, 1845, Nuits-Saint-Georges †October 20th, 1896, Paris

51

Ain Matvere

Estonian badminton player

*January 13th, 1967, Tartu †May 14th, 2018, Tartu

55

Steve Wiebe

American electronic sports player

*January 13th, 1969, Seattle

49

Andrew Yang

American entrepreneur, attorney and political candidate

*January 13th, 1975, Schenectady

76

Charles Nelson Reilly

American comedian and actor

*January 13th, 1931, South Bronx †May 25th, 2007, Beverly Hills

75

Gwen Verdon

American dancer and actress (1925-2000)

*January 13th, 1925, Culver City †October 18th, 2000, Woodstock

67

Otto Lehmann

German physicist

*January 13th, 1855, Constance †June 17th, 1922, Karlsruhe

25

Emilie Nautnes

Norwegian soccer player

*January 13th, 1999, Norway

93

Frances Sternhagen

American actress

*January 13th, 1930, Washington, D.C. †November 27th, 2023, New Rochelle

28

Axel Louissaint

Swiss basketball player

*January 13th, 1996, Yverdon-les-Bains

Same year
Born in 1853

37

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

*March 30th, 1853, Zundert †July 29th, 1890, Auberge Ravoux

54

Adolf Furtwängler

German classical archaeologist (1853-1907)

*June 30th, 1853, Freiburg im Breisgau †October 10th, 1907, Athens

91

Walter von Boetticher

German historian

*November 29th, 1853, Riga †July 3rd, 1945, Radebeul

48

Cecil Rhodes

British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)

*July 5th, 1853, Bishop's Stortford †March 26th, 1902, Muizenberg

75

André Messager

French opera composer and conductor (1853–1929)

*December 30th, 1853, Montluçon †February 24th, 1929, 17th arrondissement of Paris

66

Henning von Holtzendorff

German admiral (1853-1919)

*January 9th, 1853, Berlin †June 7th, 1919, Prenzlau

51

Hermann Wissmann

German explorer and administrator in Africa (1853–1905)

*September 4th, 1853, Frankfurt (Oder) †June 15th, 1905, Weißenbach bei Liezen

78

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

*August 21st, 1853, Riga †April 4th, 1932, Großbothen

74

Georg Weidenbach

German architect

*October 1st, 1853, Dresden †September 30th, 1928, Leipzig

72

Eduardo Scarpetta

Italian actor and playwright (1853–1925)

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

74

Hendrik Lorentz

Dutch physicist (1853–1928)

*July 18th, 1853, Arnhem †February 4th, 1928, Haarlem

42

José Martí

Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)

*January 28th, 1853, Havana †May 19th, 1895, Oriente Province

57

Chulalongkorn

King of Siam (1853-1910)

*September 20th, 1853, Grand Palace †October 23rd, 1910, Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall

73

Albrecht Kossel

German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics

*September 16th, 1853, Rostock †July 5th, 1927, Heidelberg

72

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)

*September 21st, 1853, Groningen †February 21st, 1926, Leiden

86

Wilhelm Dörpfeld

German architect and archaeologist (1853–1940)

*December 26th, 1853, Barmen †April 25th, 1940, Lefkada

78

René Bazin

French novelist

*December 26th, 1853, Angers †July 20th, 1932, 8th arrondissement of Paris

77

David Belasco

American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright (1853-1931)

*July 25th, 1853, San Francisco †May 14th, 1931, New York City

78

Antonio Salandra

Prime Minister of Italy (1853-1931)

*August 13th, 1853, Troia †December 9th, 1931, Rome

84

Jacob Wackernagel

Swiss linguist (1853-1938)

*December 11th, 1853, Basel †May 22nd, 1938, Basel

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Old New Year's Eve , Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period) which are celebrated on January 13th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1853 is a normal year and no leap year.

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