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

March 13: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 13 is the 72^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 28, 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, 29,030,400 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 ‘heptacontadigon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 341 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 4,465 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 13 Historical Events

• 624 –
  Battle of Badr: a key battle between Muhammad’s army – the new followers of Islam and the Quraish of Mecca. The Muslims won this battle, known as the turning point of Islam, which took place in the Hejaz region of western Arabia.
• 1781 –
  William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• 1809 –
  Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état.
• 1865 –
  American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
• 1900 –
  Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
• 1920 –
  The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
• 1969 –
  Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
• 1988 –
  The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
• 1996 –
  Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.
• 1997 –
  India’s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

Who were born on March 13?

• 1825 –
  Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (d. 1903)
• 1899 –
  Jan Lechoń, Polish poet (d. 1956)
• 1914 –
  W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (d. 1998)
• 1941 –
  Donella Meadows, American scientist (d. 2001)
• 1949 –
  Julia Migenes, American soprano
• 1959 –
  Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nicky Hilton and Paris Hilton
• 1965 –
  Gigi Rice, American actress
• 1977 –
  Kay Tse, Hong Kong singer
• 1982 –
  Adam Thomson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1989 –
  Holger Badstuber, German footballer

Who died on March 13?

• 1417 –
  Crown Prince Minyekyawswa of Ava (b. 1391)
• 1573 –
  Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman (b. 1507)
• 1884 –
  Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868)
• 1918 –
  César Cui, Russian composer (b. 1835)
• 1941 –
  Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and novelist (b. 1881)
• 1960 –
  Yosef Zvi HaLevy, Israeli rabbi and judge (b. 1874)
• 1975 –
  Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
• 1996 –
  Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941)
• 2001 –
  Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
• 2010 –
  He Pingping, the world’s shortest man who was able to walk. (b. 1988)