July 13th, 1866

Born on July 13th, 1866

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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, 1866

41

Anacleto de Medeiros

Brazilian composer

*July 13th, 1866, Paquetá Island †August 14th, 1907, Paquetá Island

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100

Margaret Murray

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

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

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

82

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

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

47

John Jacob Astor IV

American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)

*July 13th, 1864, Rhinebeck †April 15th, 1912, North Atlantic Ocean

36

Vitalii Konov

Ukrainian badminton player

*July 13th, 1987, Priozersk

78

Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

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

26

Ben Lane

English badminton player

*July 13th, 1997, Kingston upon Thames

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

25

Natsuki Oie

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Ishikawa Prefecture

31

Kristjan Kaljurand

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1992, Tallinn

24

Leong Jun Hao

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1999, Kuala Lumpur

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

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

57

Ernst Müller

German association football player (1901-1958)

*July 13th, 1901, Berlin †September 13th, 1958

81

Harrison Ford

American actor (born 1942)

*July 13th, 1942, Swedish Hospital

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Born in 1866

78

Romain Rolland

French author (1866-1944)

*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay

79

H. G. Wells

English writer (1866–1946)

*September 21st, 1866, Bromley †August 13th, 1946, London

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Madrid †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

78

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

*December 4th, 1866, Moscow †December 13th, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine

63

Jeppe Aakjær

Danish poet and novelist

*September 10th, 1866, Åkær †April 22nd, 1930, Jenle

44

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator

*May 12th, 1866, Ścinawka Górna †December 2nd, 1910, Berlin

79

Thomas Hunt Morgan

American biologist (1866–1945)

*September 25th, 1866, Lexington †December 4th, 1945, Pasadena

59

Erik Satie

French composer and pianist (1866-1925)

*May 17th, 1866, Honfleur †July 1st, 1925, Paris

58

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese politician, physician, and revolutionary (1866–1925)

*November 12th, 1866, Tripteroides †March 11th, 1925, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

52

Alfred Werner

Swiss chemist Nobel laureate (1866-1919)

*December 12th, 1866, Mulhouse †November 15th, 1919, Zürich

58

René Quinton

French biologist, invented the treatment "Quinton serum", abandoned by modern medicine

*December 15th, 1866, Chaumes-en-Brie †July 9th, 1925, 17th arrondissement of Paris

63

Jean Francis Auburtin

French painter (1866-1930)

*December 2nd, 1866, 10th arrondissement of Paris †May 22nd, 1930, Dieppe

71

Ramsay MacDonald

British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935

*October 12th, 1866, Lossiemouth †November 9th, 1937, Atlantic Ocean

86

Benedetto Croce

Italian philosopher (1866-1952)

*February 25th, 1866, Pescasseroli †November 20th, 1952, Naples

33

Sigbjørn Obstfelder

Norwegian writer

*November 21st, 1866, Stavanger Municipality †July 29th, 1900, Copenhagen

69

Charles Nicolle

French microbiologist

*September 21st, 1866, Rouen †February 28th, 1936, Tunis

65

Nathan Söderblom

Swedish clergyman and archbishop

*January 15th, 1866, Trönö †July 12th, 1931, Uppsala

77

Beatrix Potter

British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)

*July 28th, 1866, South Kensington †December 22nd, 1943, Near Sawrey

70

Hans von Seeckt

German general (1866-1936)

*April 22nd, 1866, Schleswig †December 27th, 1936, Berlin

75

André Bellessort

French writer

*March 19th, 1866, Laval †January 22nd, 1942, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1866 is a normal year and no leap year.

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