December 13th, 1861

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Born on December 13th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 13th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 13th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1861)

Born on December 13th, 1861

Weekday

Friday

December 13th, 1861 was a Friday.

Age

162

People born on December 13th, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 230 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1861 - December 21st, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 695 days, exactly on March 23rd, 2026, people who were born on December 13th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,305 Days

8,472 Weeks

1,948 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on December 13th?

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, 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 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, 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 Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean captured the British frigate HMS Junon.

December 13th, 2013

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, 2007

The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.

December 13th, 2003

Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

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

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

Ludwig Curtius

German classical archeologist

*December 13th, 1874, Augsburg †April 10th, 1954, Rome

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

Werner von Siemens

German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816-1892)

*December 13th, 1816, Lenthe †December 6th, 1892, Charlottenburg

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

Taylor Swift

American singer-songwriter (born 1989)

*December 13th, 1989, West Reading

Dick Van Dyke

American entertainer and actor

*December 13th, 1925, West Plains

Lucien Guitry

French actor

*December 13th, 1860, 2nd arrondissement of Paris †June 1st, 1925, Paris

Pramudya Kusumawardana

Badminton player

*December 13th, 2000, Sukabumi City

Ted Nugent

American rock musician

*December 13th, 1948, Detroit

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

*December 13th, 1797, Düsseldorf †February 17th, 1856, Paris

Johannes Weiss

German theologian (1863-1914)

*December 13th, 1863, Kiel †August 24th, 1914, Heidelberg

Jamie Foxx

American actor, comedian, and singer (born 1967)

*December 13th, 1967, Terrell

Michael Socha

British actor

*December 13th, 1987, Derby

Ángel Ganivet

Spanish writer

*December 13th, 1865, Granada †November 29th, 1898, Riga

Jeff Baxter

American guitarist

*December 13th, 1948, Washington, D.C.

Vincent Descœur

French politician

*December 13th, 1962, Aurillac

Sara Cox

English broadcaster

*December 13th, 1974, Bolton

Jutta Müller

German figure skating coach (1928–2023)

*December 13th, 1928, Chemnitz †November 2nd, 2023, Berlin

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

Mark Stevens

American actor (1916–1994)

*December 13th, 1916, Cleveland †September 15th, 1994, Spain

Same year
Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 13th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIII.XII.MDCCCLXI

13.12.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1861

December 1861

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December 13th, 1861

Born on December 13th, 1861

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,305 Days

8,472 Weeks

1,948 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 13th?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Napoleonic Wars: While transporting supplies to Guadeloupe, French commodore François Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean captured the British frigate HMS Junon.

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.

The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by the EU member states to amend both the Treaty of Rome and the Maastricht Treaty which together form the constitutional basis of the EU. The Treaty of Lisbon is effective from 1 December 2009.

Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

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

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

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 13th

St Antiochus of Sulcis

St Judoc aka St Joyce

St Lucy

St Odile of Alsace

Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)

National Day (Saint Lucia)

Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)

Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China)

Nusantara Day (Indonesia)

Republic Day (Malta)

Sailor's Day (Brazil)

Saint Lucia Day (mainly in Scandinavia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

13.12.1861

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Calendar
December 1861

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
48							1
49	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
50	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
51	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
52	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
53	30	31