Died on
Who died on January 13
112 figures who shaped history died on January 13.
- 112deaths
- 58events
Best known
Best known
Gaius Marius
Roman general and statesman (c. 157–86 BC)
Saint Remigius
Bishop of Reims
Saint Mungo
Missionary in the British Kingdom of Strathclyde
Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
King of Wessex from 839 to 858
Robert de Craon
Second Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Suger
12th-century French abbot, statesman and historian
Gaius Marius — Roman general and statesman (c. 157–86 BC), who died on January 13 86 BC.
Saint Remigius — Bishop of Reims, who died on January 13 533.
Saint Mungo — Missionary in the British Kingdom of Strathclyde, who died on January 13 614.
Æthelwulf, King of Wessex — King of Wessex from 839 to 858, who died on January 13 858.
Robert de Craon — Second Grand Master of the Knights Templar, who died on January 13 1147.
Suger — 12th-century French abbot, statesman and historian, who died on January 13 1151.
All entries
- 703
Empress JitōEmpress of Japan from 686 to 697 - 888
AD 888Calendar year - 927BBerno of ClunyFrench Roman Catholic saint
- 1001FFujiwara no TeishiEmpress consort of Japan
- 1177
Henry II of AustriaMargrave/Duke of Austria - 1321BBonacossa BorriMilanese noblewoman
- 1330
Frederick the FairKing of Germany from 1314 to 1330 - 1363MMeinhard, Duke of Upper Bavaria
- 1400
Thomas Despenser, 1st Earl of GloucesterEnglish noble - 1599
Edmund SpenserEnglish poet (c. 1552–1599)
- 1612
Jane DormerEnglish lady-in-waiting to Mary I - 1625
Jan Brueghel the ElderFlemish painter - 1684
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of NorfolkEnglish nobleman and politician - 1691
George FoxEnglish founder of Quakers - 1717
Maria Sibylla MerianGerman naturalist and artist - 1775
Johann Georg WalchGerman Lutheran theologian - 1790
Luc Urbain du Bouëxic, comte de GuichenFrench Navy officer - 1796
John Anderson (natural philosopher)Scottish natural philosopher - 1832
Thomas LordEnglish cricketer - 1838
Ferdinand RiesGerman composer - 1860WWilliam Mason (New York politician)U.S. politician
- 1864
Stephen FosterAmerican composer and songwriter - 1872WWilliam ScampEnglish architect and engineer
- 1882
Juraj DobrilaCroatian Roman Catholic bishop and benefactor - 1882
Wilhelm MauserGerman weapon designer - 1885
Schuyler ColfaxVice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873 - 1889
Solomon BundyAmerican politician - 1906
Aleksandr Popov (physicist)Russian physicist - 1907
Jakob HurtEstonian ethnologist, folklorist and linguist - 1915
Mary SlessorScottish Presbyterian missionary - 1916
Victoriano HuertaPresident and Dictator of Mexico from 1913 to 1914 - 1923
Alexandre RibotFrench politician - 1924
Georg Hermann QuinckeGerman physicist - 1928
Earle NelsonAmerican serial killer - 1929
Wyatt EarpAmerican lawman - 1929
H. B. HigginsAustralian politician and judge - 1934
Paul Ulrich VillardFrench chemist and physicist - 1941
James JoyceIrish novelist and poet - 1943
Sophie Taeuber-ArpSwiss artist - 1949
Aino AaltoFinnish architect and designer - 1956
Lyonel FeiningerGerman-American painter - 1957
A. E. CoppardEnglish writer - 1958
Jesse L. LaskyAmerican film producer - 1958
Edna PurvianceAmerican actress - 1962
Ernie KovacsAmerican comedian
- 1963
Sylvanus OlympioPresident of Togo from 1960 to 1963 - 1967AAnatole de GrunwaldRussian British film producer and screenwriter
- 1971RRobert StillEnglish composer
- 1973SSabahattin EyüboğluTurkish writer, essayist, translator and film producer
- 1974
Raoul JobinCanadian opera singer - 1974
Salvador NovoMexican writer - 1976
Margaret LeightonBritish actress
- 1977
Henri LangloisFrench film archivist - 1978
Hubert HumphreyVice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969 - 1978
Joe McCarthy (baseball manager)American baseball manager - 1979
Donny HathawayAmerican singer-songwriter - 1979
Marjorie LawrenceAustralian soprano singer - 1980
Andre KostelanetzRussian-American conductor - 1982
Marcel CamusFrench film director - 1983
René Bonnet (businessman)French engineer and businessman - 1986
Abdul Fattah IsmailPresident of South Yemen from 1969 to 1980 - 1986KKevin LongbottomAustralian rugby league player
- 1988
Chiang Ching-kuoPresident of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1988 - 1993
Camargo GuarnieriBrazilian composer - 1995
Max Harris (poet)Australian writer Max Harris (1921–1995 - 2002
Frank ShusterCanadian comedian - 2003
Norman PanamaAmerican film director - 2004AArne Næss Jr.Norwegian businessman and mountaineer
- 2005EEarl Cameron (broadcaster)Canadian broadcaster
- 2005
Nell RankinAmerican opera singer - 2006FFrank FixarisAmerican sportscaster
- 2006MMarc PotvinCanadian ice hockey player
- 2007
Michael BreckerAmerican jazz saxophonist and composer - 2007
Danny OakesAmerican racer - 2008
Johnny PodresAmerican baseball player - 2009
Dai LlewellynWelsh socialite - 2009
Patrick McGoohanIrish-American actor, director, writer, and producer - 2009
Mansour RahbaniLebanese composer - 2009
W. D. SnodgrassAmerican poet - 2009
Nancy Bird WaltonAustralian pioneering aviator - 2010
Teddy PendergrassAmerican soul and R&B singer-songwriter - 2011
Albert Heijn Jr.Dutch supermarket tycoon - 2012
Rauf DenktaşFounder and first president of Northern Cyprus (served 1983–2005) - 2012
Guido DessauerGerman physicist
- 2012
Miljan MiljanićSerbian footballer - 2013
Diogenes AllenAmerican philosopher and theologian - 2013
Rodney Mims Cook Sr.American politician - 2013
Chia-Chiao LinChinese-born American mathematician - 2014BBobby Collins (footballer)Scottish footballer
- 2014RRandal Tye ThomasAmerican politician
- 2014
Waldemar von GazenOfficer in the German Wehrmacht - 2015MMark JudderyAustralian author and journalist
- 2015
Robert E. WhiteAmerican diplomat
- 2016
Brian BedfordEnglish actor - 2016
Giorgio GomelskyGeorgian musician - 2016
Lawrence PhillipsAmerican gridiron football player - 2017
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonBritish photographer and filmmaker - 2017
Dick GautierAmerican actor
- 2017
Magic AlexGreek electronics engineer
- 2019PPhil MasingaSouth African soccer player and manager
- 2020BBryan MonroeAmerican journalist
- 2020
Philip TartagliaCatholic archbishop of Glasgow - 2024
Joyce RandolphAmerican actress
- 2025
Oliviero ToscaniItalian photographer - 2026
Scott AdamsAmerican cartoonist and author - 2026
David Webb (Hong Kong activist)Hong Kong activist investor
Frequently asked questions
Who died on January 13?
112 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 13, including Gaius Marius, Saint Remigius, Saint Mungo. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on January 13?
58 documented historical events happened on January 13, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Pope Eugene IV promulgated the papal bull Sicut dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the native Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Spanish. On the same day, in another year: French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle off the coast of Brittany between two British frigates and a French ship of the line ended with hundreds of deaths when the latter ran aground. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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