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January 13th, 2008 (January 13 2008) | Death | Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (born in 1956) | |
January 13th, 2008 (January 13 2008) | Death | Johnny Podres, American baseball player (born in 1932) | |
January 13th, 2007 (January 13 2007) | Event | Two thirds of the Venus s southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate. | |
January 13th, 2007 (January 13 2007) | Death | Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (born in 1949) | |
January 13th, 2007 (January 13 2007) | Death | Danny Oakes, racecar driver (born in 1911) | |
January 13th, 2006 (January 13 2006) | Death | Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (born in 1934) | |
January 13th, 2006 (January 13 2006) | Death | Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1967) | |
January 13th, 2005 (January 13 2005) | Death | Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (born in 1915) | |
January 13th, 2005 (January 13 2005) | Death | Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (born in 1924) | |
January 13th, 2004 (January 13 2004) | Death | Arne N?ss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (born in 1937) | |
January 13th, 2004 (January 13 2004) | Death | Harold Shipman, British serial killer (born in 1946) | |
January 13th, 2003 (January 13 2003) | Death | Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (born in 1914) | |
January 13th, 2002 (January 13 2002) | Death | Ted Demme, American film director (born in 1963) | |
January 13th, 2002 (January 13 2002) | Death | Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway s The Old Man and the Sea (born in 1897) | |
January 13th, 2002 (January 13 2002) | Death | Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (born in 1916) | |
January 13th, 2001 (January 13 2001) | Event | An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800. | |
January 13th, 2001 (January 13 2001) | Death | Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (born in 1985) | |
January 13th, 1995 (January 13 1995) | Death | Max Harris, Australian poet, critic, columnist, commentator, publisher and bookseller (born in 1921) | |
January 13th, 1993 (January 13 1993) | Death | Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (born in 1907) | |
January 13th, 1992 (January 13 1992) | Event | Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II. | |
January 13th, 1991 (January 13 1991) | Event | Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius. | |
January 13th, 1990 (January 13 1990) | Event | L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia. | |
January 13th, 1989 (January 13 1989) | Birth | Bryan Arguez, American soccer player | |
January 13th, 1989 (January 13 1989) | Birth | Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer | |
January 13th, 1988 (January 13 1988) | Death | Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (born in 1910) | |
January 13th, 1986 (January 13 1986) | Event | A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
January 13th, 1986 (January 13 1986) | Birth | Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater | |
January 13th, 1986 (January 13 1986) | Death | Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (born in 157 BC) | |
January 13th, 1985 (January 13 1985) | Event | A passenger train plunged into a ravine at Ethiopia, killing 428, where accident is the worst railroad disaster in Africa. | |
January 13th, 1983 (January 13 1983) | Birth | Julian Morris, English actor | Julian Quotes |
January 13th, 1983 (January 13 1983) | Birth | William Hung, American Idol contestant | William Hung Quotes |
January 13th, 1983 (January 13 1983) | Birth | Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player | |
January 13th, 1982 (January 13 1982) | Event | Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Coincidentally, a Washington DC Metro Rail train is derailed, killing 3 people. | |
January 13th, 1982 (January 13 1982) | Birth | Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player | |
January 13th, 1982 (January 13 1982) | Death | Marcel Camus, French film director (born in 1912) | |
January 13th, 1981 (January 13 1981) | Birth | Reggie Brown, American football player | |
January 13th, 1981 (January 13 1981) | Birth | Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor | |
January 13th, 1981 (January 13 1981) | Birth | Jason James, Welsh musician (Bullet for My Valentine) | |
January 13th, 1981 (January 13 1981) | Birth | Darrell Rasner, American baseball player | |
January 13th, 1980 (January 13 1980) | Birth | Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist | |
January 13th, 1980 (January 13 1980) | Birth | Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer | |
January 13th, 1980 (January 13 1980) | Birth | Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer | |
January 13th, 1980 (January 13 1980) | Birth | Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player | |
January 13th, 1980 (January 13 1980) | Death | Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-born popular music conductor and arranger (born in 1901) | |
January 13th, 1979 (January 13 1979) | Birth | Jill Wagner, American Actor | |
January 13th, 1979 (January 13 1979) | Death | Donny Hathaway, American musician (born in 1945) | |
January 13th, 1979 (January 13 1979) | Death | Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (born in 1907) | |
January 13th, 1978 (January 13 1978) | Death | Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (born in 1911) | |
January 13th, 1978 (January 13 1978) | Death | Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (born in 1887) | |
January 13th, 1977 (January 13 1977) | Birth | Orlando Bloom, English actor | Orlando Bloom Quotes |
January 13th, 1977 (January 13 1977) | Birth | James Posey, American basketball player | |
January 13th, 1976 (January 13 1976) | Birth | Michael Pena, American actor | |
January 13th, 1976 (January 13 1976) | Birth | Tania Vicent, Canadian short track speed skater | |
January 13th, 1976 (January 13 1976) | Death | Margaret Leighton, English actress (born in 1922) | |
January 13th, 1974 (January 13 1974) | Event | Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. | |
January 13th, 1974 (January 13 1974) | Birth | Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player | |
January 13th, 1974 (January 13 1974) | Death | Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (born in 1906) | |
January 13th, 1974 (January 13 1974) | Death | Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (born in 1904) | |
January 13th, 1973 (January 13 1973) | Birth | Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player | |
January 13th, 1973 (January 13 1973) | Birth | Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor | |
January 13th, 1972 (January 13 1972) | Event | Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong. | |
January 13th, 1972 (January 13 1972) | Birth | Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer | |
January 13th, 1972 (January 13 1972) | Birth | Nicole Eggert, American actress | |
January 13th, 1972 (January 13 1972) | Birth | Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor | Ben Stein Quotes |
January 13th, 1972 (January 13 1972) | Birth | Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast | |
January 13th, 1971 (January 13 1971) | Birth | John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director | |
January 13th, 1971 (January 13 1971) | Death | Robert Still, English composer (born in 1910) | |
January 13th, 1970 (January 13 1970) | Birth | Keith Coogan, American actor | |
January 13th, 1970 (January 13 1970) | Birth | Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (died in 2004) | |
January 13th, 1970 (January 13 1970) | Birth | Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter/creator Grey s Anatomy | |
January 13th, 1969 (January 13 1969) | Birth | Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier | |
January 13th, 1969 (January 13 1969) | Birth | Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player | |
January 13th, 1968 (January 13 1968) | Event | Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash Quotes |
January 13th, 1968 (January 13 1968) | Birth | Traci Bingham, American actress | |
January 13th, 1968 (January 13 1968) | Birth | Mike Whitlow, English footballer | |
January 13th, 1968 (January 13 1968) | Birth | Chara, Japanese singer and actress | |
January 13th, 1967 (January 13 1967) | Birth | Annie Jones, Australian actress | |
January 13th, 1967 (January 13 1967) | Birth | George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP | |
January 13th, 1967 (January 13 1967) | Death | Anatole de Grunwald, British film producer and screenwriter (born in 1910) | |
January 13th, 1966 (January 13 1966) | Event | Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. | |
January 13th, 1966 (January 13 1966) | Birth | Patrick Dempsey, American actor | |
January 13th, 1964 (January 13 1964) | Event | Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcuttanow Kolkataresulting in the deaths of more than 100 people. | |
January 13th, 1964 (January 13 1964) | Event | Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland. | |
January 13th, 1964 (January 13 1964) | Birth | Penelope Ann Miller, American actress | |
January 13th, 1964 (January 13 1964) | Birth | Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer | |
January 13th, 1963 (January 13 1963) | Birth | Kevin McClatchy, American businessman | |
January 13th, 1962 (January 13 1962) | Birth | Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter | |
January 13th, 1962 (January 13 1962) | Birth | Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player | |
January 13th, 1962 (January 13 1962) | Birth | Kevin Mitchell American baseball player | |
January 13th, 1962 (January 13 1962) | Death | Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (born in 1919) | Ernie Kovacs Quotes |
January 13th, 1961 (January 13 1961) | Birth | Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips) | |
January 13th, 1961 (January 13 1961) | Birth | Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress | |
January 13th, 1961 (January 13 1961) | Birth | Graham McPherson, English singer | |
January 13th, 1960 (January 13 1960) | Birth | Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach | |
January 13th, 1959 (January 13 1959) | Birth | James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth) | |
January 13th, 1958 (January 13 1958) | Event | Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera. | |
January 13th, 1958 (January 13 1958) | Death | Jesse L. Lasky, U.S. film producer (born in 1880) | |
January 13th, 1957 (January 13 1957) | Birth | Lorrie Moore, American writer | |
January 13th, 1957 (January 13 1957) | Birth | Mark O Meara, Major winning American Golfer | |
January 13th, 1955 (January 13 1955) | Birth | Paul Kelly, Australian singer | |
January 13th, 1955 (January 13 1955) | Birth | Jay McInerney, American writer | |
January 13th, 1954 (January 13 1954) | Birth | Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes) | |
January 13th, 1953 (January 13 1953) | Event | Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia. | Josip Broz Tito Quotes |
January 13th, 1950 (January 13 1950) | Birth | Bob Forsch, American baseball player | |
January 13th, 1950 (January 13 1950) | Birth | John McNaughton, American film director | |
January 13th, 1949 (January 13 1949) | Birth | Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (died in 1997) | |
January 13th, 1949 (January 13 1949) | Birth | Rakesh Sharma, first Indian and 138th man to visit space | |
January 13th, 1948 (January 13 1948) | Birth | Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur | |
January 13th, 1947 (January 13 1947) | Birth | Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Krakow | |
January 13th, 1947 (January 13 1947) | Birth | Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach | |
January 13th, 1946 (January 13 1946) | Birth | Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician | |
January 13th, 1943 (January 13 1943) | Birth | Carol Cleveland, English actress | |
January 13th, 1943 (January 13 1943) | Birth | Richard Moll, American actor | |
January 13th, 1943 (January 13 1943) | Death | Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (born in 1889) | |
January 13th, 1942 (January 13 1942) | Event | Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car. | Henry Ford Quotes |
January 13th, 1942 (January 13 1942) | Event | The United States begins Japanese American internment. | |
January 13th, 1942 (January 13 1942) | Event | World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. | |
January 13th, 1941 (January 13 1941) | Birth | Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician | |
January 13th, 1941 (January 13 1941) | Death | James Joyce, Irish writer (born in 1882) | James Joyce Quotes |
January 13th, 1940 (January 13 1940) | Birth | Edmund White, American author | Edmund White Quotes |
January 13th, 1939 (January 13 1939) | Event | The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. | |
January 13th, 1939 (January 13 1939) | Birth | Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer | |
January 13th, 1939 (January 13 1939) | Birth | Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player | |
January 13th, 1938 (January 13 1938) | Event | The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution. | |
January 13th, 1938 (January 13 1938) | Birth | William B. Davis, Canadian actor | |
January 13th, 1938 (January 13 1938) | Birth | Tord Grip, Swedish football manager | |
January 13th, 1936 (January 13 1936) | Birth | Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone | |
January 13th, 1935 (January 13 1935) | Event | A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. | |
January 13th, 1935 (January 13 1935) | Birth | Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari) | |
January 13th, 1935 (January 13 1935) | Birth | Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress | |
January 13th, 1934 (January 13 1934) | Event | The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR. | |
January 13th, 1934 (January 13 1934) | Birth | Rip Taylor, American actor | |
January 13th, 1934 (January 13 1934) | Death | Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (born in 1860) | |
January 13th, 1932 (January 13 1932) | Death | Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (born in 1870) | |
January 13th, 1931 (January 13 1931) | Birth | Ian Hendry, English actor (died in 1984) | |
January 13th, 1931 (January 13 1931) | Birth | Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (died in 2007) | |
January 13th, 1930 (January 13 1930) | Birth | Liz Anderson, American singer | |
January 13th, 1930 (January 13 1930) | Birth | Frances Sternhagen, American actress | |
January 13th, 1929 (January 13 1929) | Birth | Joe Pass, U.S. jazz guitarist (died in 1994) | |
January 13th, 1929 (January 13 1929) | Death | Wyatt Earp, American Western lawman (born in 1848) | |
January 13th, 1929 (January 13 1929) | Death | H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (born in 1851) | |
January 13th, 1927 (January 13 1927) | Birth | Brock Adams, American politician (died in 2004) | |
January 13th, 1927 (January 13 1927) | Birth | Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate | |
January 13th, 1926 (January 13 1926) | Birth | Michael Bond, British writer | |
January 13th, 1926 (January 13 1926) | Birth | Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (died in 2003) | Carolyn Heilbrun Quotes |
January 13th, 1925 (January 13 1925) | Birth | Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (died in 2000) | |
January 13th, 1924 (January 13 1924) | Birth | Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (died in 1994) | Philo Quotes |
January 13th, 1924 (January 13 1924) | Birth | Roland Petit, French choreographer | |
January 13th, 1924 (January 13 1924) | Death | Georg Hermann Quincke, German phsycist (born in 1834) | |
January 13th, 1923 (January 13 1923) | Birth | Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (died in 1997) | |
January 13th, 1923 (January 13 1923) | Death | Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (born in 1842) | |
January 13th, 1922 (January 13 1922) | Birth | Albert Lamorisse, French film director and producer (died in 1970) | |
January 13th, 1921 (January 13 1921) | Birth | Dachine Rainer, British writer (died in 2000) | |
January 13th, 1919 (January 13 1919) | Birth | Robert Stack, American actor (died in 2003) | |
January 13th, 1915 (January 13 1915) | Event | An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. | |
January 13th, 1915 (January 13 1915) | Death | Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (born in 1848) | |
January 13th, 1914 (January 13 1914) | Birth | Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist (died in 1992) | |
January 13th, 1913 (January 13 1913) | Event | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University as the second Black Greek Letter Organization for Women. The mission was to make a move towards social activism. | |
January 13th, 1913 (January 13 1913) | Birth | Jeff Morrow, American actor (died in 1993) | |
January 13th, 1911 (January 13 1911) | Birth | Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (died in 2005) | |
January 13th, 1910 (January 13 1910) | Birth | Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (died in 1989) | Yanni Quotes |
January 13th, 1909 (January 13 1909) | Birth | Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (died in 1934) | |
January 13th, 1908 (January 13 1908) | Event | Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killing 171 people. | |
January 13th, 1906 (January 13 1906) | Death | Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (born in 1859) | |
January 13th, 1905 (January 13 1905) | Death | George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (born in 1838) | |
January 13th, 1904 (January 13 1904) | Birth | Richard Addinsell, British composer (Warsaw Concerto) (died in 1977) | |
January 13th, 1901 (January 13 1901) | Birth | A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (died in 1991) | |
January 13th, 1901 (January 13 1901) | Birth | Mieczyslaw Zywczynski, Polish historian and priest (died in 1978) | |
January 13th, 1899 (January 13 1899) | Birth | Kay Francis, American actress (died in 1968) | |
January 13th, 1898 (January 13 1898) | Event | Emile Zola s J accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair. | Emile Zola Quotes |
January 13th, 1898 (January 13 1898) | Birth | Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (died in 1944) | |
January 13th, 1898 (January 13 1898) | Birth | Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (died in 1978) | |
January 13th, 1894 (January 13 1894) | Death | Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (born in 1831) | |
January 13th, 1893 (January 13 1893) | Event | The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. | |
January 13th, 1893 (January 13 1893) | Event | U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution. | |
January 13th, 1893 (January 13 1893) | Birth | Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (died in 1963) | |
January 13th, 1893 (January 13 1893) | Birth | Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (died in 1961) | |
January 13th, 1890 (January 13 1890) | Birth | Juri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (died in 1945) | |
January 13th, 1889 (January 13 1889) | Death | Solomon Bundy, American politician (born in 1823) | Solomon Quotes |
January 13th, 1887 (January 13 1887) | Birth | George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (died in 1949) | |
January 13th, 1886 (January 13 1886) | Birth | Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died in 1964) | |
January 13th, 1885 (January 13 1885) | Birth | Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The "Fuller Brush Man" (died in 1973) | |
January 13th, 1885 (January 13 1885) | Death | Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) | |
January 13th, 1884 (January 13 1884) | Birth | Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (died in 1966) | |
January 13th, 1882 (January 13 1882) | Death | Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (born in 1834) | |
January 13th, 1881 (January 13 1881) | Birth | Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (died in 1961) | |
January 13th, 1878 (January 13 1878) | Birth | Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (died in 1967) | |
January 13th, 1870 (January 13 1870) | Birth | Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d.1959) | |
January 13th, 1869 (January 13 1869) | Event | National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. | |
January 13th, 1869 (January 13 1869) | Birth | Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (died in 1931) | |
January 13th, 1866 (January 13 1866) | Birth | Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (died in 1901) | |
January 13th, 1865 (January 13 1865) | Birth | Princess Marie of Orleans (died in 1908) | |
January 13th, 1864 (January 13 1864) | Birth | Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1928) | |
January 13th, 1864 (January 13 1864) | Death | Stephen Foster, American composer (born in 1826) | Stephen Foster Quotes |
January 13th, 1861 (January 13 1861) | Birth | Max Nonne, German neurologist (died in 1959) | |
January 13th, 1860 (January 13 1860) | Death | William Mason, American politician (born in 1786) | |
January 13th, 1859 (January 13 1859) | Birth | Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (died in 1943) | |
January 13th, 1858 (January 13 1858) | Birth | Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) | |
January 13th, 1853 (January 13 1853) | Death | Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (born in 1783) | Philo Quotes |
January 13th, 1847 (January 13 1847) | Event | The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California. | |
January 13th, 1845 (January 13 1845) | Birth | Felix Tisserand, French Astronomer (died in 1896) | |
January 13th, 1842 (January 13 1842) | Event | Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad. | |
January 13th, 1840 (January 13 1840) | Event | The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives. | |
January 13th, 1838 (January 13 1838) | Death | Ferdinand Ries, German composer (born in 1784) | |
January 13th, 1832 (January 13 1832) | Event | President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis. | Martin Van Buren Quotes |
January 13th, 1832 (January 13 1832) | Birth | Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (died in 1899) | |
January 13th, 1832 (January 13 1832) | Death | Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord s cricket ground (born in 1755) | |
January 13th, 1830 (January 13 1830) | Event | The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins. | |
January 13th, 1822 (January 13 1822) | Event | The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. | |
January 13th, 1812 (January 13 1812) | Birth | Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (died in 1883) | |
January 13th, 1808 (January 13 1808) | Birth | Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (died in 1873) | |
January 13th, 1805 (January 13 1805) | Birth | Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (died in 1862) | |
January 13th, 1804 (January 13 1804) | Birth | Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (died in 1866) | |
January 13th, 1797 (January 13 1797) | Death | Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (born in 1715) | Frederick II of Prussia Quotes |
January 13th, 1796 (January 13 1796) | Death | John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (born in 1726) | John Scott Quotes |
January 13th, 1790 (January 13 1790) | Death | Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (born in 1712) | |
January 13th, 1787 (January 13 1787) | Birth | John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1854) | |
January 13th, 1785 (January 13 1785) | Event | John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times). | |
January 13th, 1777 (January 13 1777) | Birth | Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (died in 1820) | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
January 13th, 1775 (January 13 1775) | Death | Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (born in 1693) | |
January 13th, 1766 (January 13 1766) | Death | King Frederick V of Denmark (born in 1723) | |
January 13th, 1749 (January 13 1749) | Birth | Friedrich Muller, painter and dramatist (died in 1825) | |
January 13th, 1733 (January 13 1733) | Event | James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina. | |
January 13th, 1720 (January 13 1720) | Birth | Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (died in 1808) | |
January 13th, 1691 (January 13 1691) | Death | George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (born in 1624) | George Fox Quotes |
January 13th, 1683 (January 13 1683) | Birth | Christoph Graupner, German composer (died in 1760) | |
January 13th, 1658 (January 13 1658) | Death | Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (born in 1616) | |
January 13th, 1651 (January 13 1651) | Birth | Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (died in 1694) | |
January 13th, 1635 (January 13 1635) | Birth | Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (died in 1705) | |
January 13th, 1630 (January 13 1630) | Death | Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (born in 1584) | |
January 13th, 1625 (January 13 1625) | Death | Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (born in 1568) | |
January 13th, 1616 (January 13 1616) | Birth | Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (died in 1680) | |
January 13th, 1610 (January 13 1610) | Event | Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th moon of Jupiter. | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
January 13th, 1610 (January 13 1610) | Birth | Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (died in 1665) | |
January 13th, 1607 (January 13 1607) | Event | The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain. | |
January 13th, 1605 (January 13 1605) | Event | The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison. | John Marston Quotes |
January 13th, 1599 (January 13 1599) | Death | Edmund Spenser, English poet (born in 1552) | |
January 13th, 1596 (January 13 1596) | Birth | Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (died in 1656) | |
January 13th, 1562 (January 13 1562) | Birth | Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (died in 1601) | |
January 13th, 1559 (January 13 1559) | Event | Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London. | |
January 13th, 1547 (January 13 1547) | Event | Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death. | |
January 13th, 1505 (January 13 1505) | Birth | Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (died in 1571) | |
January 13th, 1363 (January 13 1363) | Death | Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (born in 1344) | |
January 13th, 1334 (January 13 1334) | Birth | King Henry II of Castile (died in 1379) | |
January 13th, 1330 (January 13 1330) | Death | Frederick I of Austria (born in 1286) | |
January 13th, 1328 (January 13 1328) | Event | Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault. | |
January 13th, 1177 (January 13 1177) | Death | Henry II of Austria (born in 1107) | |
January 13th, 1151 (January 13 1151) | Death | Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (born in 1081) | |
January 13th, 1138 (January 13 1138) | Death | Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1076) | |
January 13th, 0888 (January 13 0888) | Event | Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks. | |
January 13th, 0888 (January 13 0888) | Death | Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 839) | |
January 13th, 0858 (January 13 0858) | Death | King Ethelwulf of Wessex (born in 795) | |
January 13th, 0703 (January 13 0703) | Death | Empress Jito of Japan (born in 645) | |
January 13th, 0532 (January 13 0532) | Event | Nika riots in Constantinople. | |