What are the important events that happened on February 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 13: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 13 is the 44^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 31, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,990,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontatetragon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 369 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,437 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 13 Historical Events

• 1660 –
  With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government can start to seek peace with Sweden’s enemies in the Second Northern War – something that Charles X Gustav had refused. As his son and successor on the throne, Charles XI, is only four years old, a regency takes over the ruling of Sweden until 1672.
• 1668 –
  Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation.
• 1689 –
  William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
• 1867 –
  Work begins on the covering of the Zenne, burying Brussels’s primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
• 1907 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
• 1914 –
  Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
• 1931 –
  New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
• 1935 –
  A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
• 1960 –
  Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 2004 –
  The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe‘s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star “Lucy” after The Beatles’song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.

Who were born on February 13?

• 1855 –
  Paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)
• 1873 –
  Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (d. 1938)
• 1891 –
  Grant Wood, American painter (d. 1942)
• 1906 –
  Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1949 –
  Judy Dyble, British singer/songwriter (Fairport Convention)
• 1955 –
  Joe Birkett, American lawyer
• 1969 –
  Ahlam, Bahraini singer
• 1976 –
  Feist, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1978 –
  Philippe Jaroussky, French sopranist countertenor
• 1989 –
  Carly McKillip, Canadian actress

Who died on February 13?

• 858 –
  Kenneth I of Scotland
• 1539 –
  Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (b. 1474)
• 1592 –
  Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter
• 1787 –
  Ruđer Josip Bošković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711)
• 1951 –
  Lloyd C. Douglas, American author (b. 1877)
• 1952 –
  Josephine Tey, English author (b. 1896)
• 1989 –
  Wayne Hays, American politician (b. 1911)
• 1991 –
  Arno Breker, German sculptor (b. 1900)
• 2005 –
  Dick Weber, American professional bowler (b. 1929)
• 2006 –
  Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)