January 13
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January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of the year (353 in leap years).
It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar (Old New Year).
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[edit] Events
- 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople.
- 888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
- 1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
- 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
- 1602 - William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.
- 1822 - The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
- 1832 - 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.
- 1942 - World War II: First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
- 1964 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
- 1968 - Johnny Cash records his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison
- 1992 - Japan apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
[edit] Births
- 1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
- 1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
- 1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
- 1610 - Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
- 1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
- 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- 1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
- 1777 - Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820)
- 1878 - Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967)
[edit] Deaths
- 86BC - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
- 703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
- 858 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
- 888 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 839)
- 1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
- 1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)
- 1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
- 1330 - Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
- 1363 - Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
- 1658 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
[edit] Holidays and Observances
- In Sweden, Christmas ends on the 20th day, St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut. Children celebrate a party throwing out the Christmas tree (julgransplundring).
- In Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, in various Russophone communities, and in the Republic of Macedonia the Old New Year is celebrated (the New Year by the Old Style calendar) on the night of January 13/14.
