March 13th, 1877

Born on March 13th, 1877

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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.

March 13th, 1848

Klemens von Metternich was forced to resign as the foreign minister of Austria following student demonstrations in Vienna.

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 primary school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and a teacher and prompting tighter gun control in the United Kingdom.

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 (depicted) 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.

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

Born on March 13th, 1877

78

Myra Keaton

Film actress (1877-1955)

*March 13th, 1877, Modale †July 21st, 1955, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1877

85

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)

*July 2nd, 1877, Calw †August 9th, 1962, Montagnola

75

Raoul Dufy

French painter (1877–1953)

*June 3rd, 1877, Le Havre †March 23rd, 1953, Forcalquier

50

Isadora Duncan

American dancer and choreographer

*May 26th, 1877, San Francisco †September 14th, 1927, Nice

82

James Montgomery Flagg

American artist (1877-1960)

*June 18th, 1877, Pelham Manor †May 25th, 1960, New York City

82

Roelof Klein

Dutch rower (1877-1960)

*June 7th, 1877, Lemmer †February 13th, 1960, Montclair

58

O.P. Heggie

American actor (1877-1936)

*September 17th, 1877, Angaston †February 7th, 1936, Los Angeles

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

67

Charles Glover Barkla

English physicist (1877-1944)

*June 7th, 1877, Widnes †October 23rd, 1944, Edinburgh

72

Rex Beach

Author and water polo player (1877-1949)

*September 1st, 1877, Antrim County †December 7th, 1949, Sebring

69

Giuseppe Volpi

Italian businessman and politician (1877-1947)

*November 19th, 1877, Venice †November 16th, 1947, Rome

92

Laura Knight

English artist (1877-1970)

*August 4th, 1877, Long Eaton †July 7th, 1970, London

68

Francis William Aston

British chemist (1877-1945)

*September 1st, 1877, Harborne †November 20th, 1945, Cambridge

89

Leonhard Seppala

Norwegian musher

*September 14th, 1877, Skibotn †January 28th, 1967, Seattle

70

G.H. Hardy

British mathematician (1877–1947)

*February 7th, 1877, Cranleigh †December 1st, 1947, Cambridge

64

Hendrik Bolkestein

Dutch classical scholar

*December 18th, 1877, Amsterdam †July 24th, 1942, Utrecht

93

Hjalmar Schacht

German politician and economist

*January 22nd, 1877, Tinglev Municipality †June 3rd, 1970, Munich

69

Wilhelm Frick

German Nazi official (1877-1946)

*March 12th, 1877, Alsenz †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

91

Kees van Dongen

Dutch painter (1877–19999)

*January 26th, 1877, Delfshaven †May 28th, 1968, Monte Carlo

81

Enrico de Nicola

President of Italy from 1946 to 1948

*November 9th, 1877, Naples †October 1st, 1959, Torre del Greco

63

Rudolf Hilferding

German politician (1877-1941)

*August 10th, 1877, Vienna †February 11th, 1941, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1877 is a normal year and no leap year.

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