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November 13

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November 2015 Paris attacks

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354

Augustine of Hippo

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Augustine of Hippo

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Famous births27

354 · 1671 yrs

Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo ( aw-GUST-in, US also AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirtensis and the Bishop of Hippo Regius.

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ReligionWould be 1671

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1312 · 713 yrs

Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.

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RoyaltyWould be 713

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1768 · 257 yrs

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish:; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–1838) in Italy.

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ArtWould be 257

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1780 · 245 yrs

Ranjit Singh

Ranjit Singh (Punjabi pronunciation:; c. 13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and the first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839. Born to Maha Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia Misl, Ranjit Singh fought his first battle alongside his father at the age of ten.

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Notable PeopleWould be 245

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1806 · 219 yrs

Emilia Plater

Countess Emilia Broel-Plater (Lithuanian: Emilija Pliaterytė; 13 November 1806 – 23 December 1831) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary from the lands of the partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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MilitaryWould be 219

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1810 · 215 yrs

Nikolai Pirogov

Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Russian: Николай Иванович Пирогов; 25 November 1810 – 5 December 1881) was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most widely recognized Russian physicians.

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ScienceWould be 215

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1850 · 175 yrs

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.

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LiteratureWould be 175

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1887 · 138 yrs

Nikolai Vavilov

Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов, IPA:; 25 November 1887 – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops.

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ScienceWould be 138

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1893 · 132 yrs

Edward Adelbert Doisy

Edward Adelbert Doisy (November 13, 1893 – October 23, 1986) was an American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 with Henrik Dam for their discovery of vitamin K (K from "Koagulations-Vitamin" in German) and its chemical structure.

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ScienceWould be 132

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1895 · 130 yrs

Anastas Mikoyan

Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan (US:; Russian: Анастас Иванович Микоян, IPA:; Armenian: Անաստաս Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան, romanized: Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan; 25 November 1895 – 21 October 1978) was a Soviet statesman, diplomat, and Bolshevik revolutionary.

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ActivismWould be 130

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1896 · 129 yrs

Nobusuke Kishi

Nobusuke Kishi (岸信介, Kishi Nobusuke; 13 November 1896 – 7 August 1987) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960.

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PoliticsWould be 129

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1899 · 126 yrs

Huang Xianfan

Huang Xianfan (Zhuang: Vangz Yenfanh; simplified Chinese: 黄现璠; traditional Chinese: 黄現璠; pinyin: Huáng Xiànfán; Wade–Giles: Huáng Hsiènfán; November 13, 1899 – January 18, 1982) was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator.

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ScholarshipWould be 126

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Famous deaths9

1460 · 565 yrs

Prince Henry the Navigator

Prince Henry the Navigator (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and often credited as one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery. Henry was the third child of King John I of Portugal, who founded the House of Aviz.

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RoyaltyWould be 632

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1862 · 163 yrs

Ludwig Uhland

Johann Ludwig Uhland (26 April 1787 – 13 November 1862) was a German poet, philologist, literary historian, lawyer and politician.

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LiteratureWould be 239

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1868 · 157 yrs

Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer and conductor of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. While he gained most of his fame for his 39 operas, he also wrote many pieces of chamber music, piano, and some sacred music.

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MusicWould be 234

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1903 · 122 yrs

Camille Pissarro

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( piss-AR-oh; French:; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies).

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ArtWould be 196

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1916 · 109 yrs

Saki

Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and culture.

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LiteratureWould be 155

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1969 · 56 yrs

Iskandar Ali Mirza

Iskander Ali Mirza (13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969) was a Pakistani politician and military general who served as the fourth and last governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and as the first president of Pakistan from promulgation of the constitution in 1956 till his overthrow in a coup d'état in 1958.

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PoliticsWould be 126

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1974 · 51 yrs

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica ( də SEE-kə, Italian:; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.

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FilmWould be 125

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1974 · 51 yrs

Karen Silkwood

Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American laboratory technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety at Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site, a nuclear facility, in Crescent, Oklahoma.

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ActivismWould be 80

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2014 · 11 yrs

Alexander Grothendieck

Alexander Grothendieck, later Alexandre Grothendieck in French (German:; French:; 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014), was a German-born French mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry.

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ScienceWould be 98

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Events5

1918 · 107 yrs

Occupation of Istanbul

The occupation of Constantinople (now Istanbul, 12 November 1918 – 4 October 1923), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, by British, French, Italian, and Greek forces, took place in accordance with the Armistice of Mudros, which ended Ottoman participation in the First World War.

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War

2011 · 14 yrs

2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Formula One season. It was held on 13 November 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, a man-made island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

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Sports

2015 · 10 yrs

November 2015 Paris attacks

A series of coordinated Islamic terrorist attacks took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis.

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Tragedy

2016 · 9 yrs

2016 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 November 2016 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Sports

2022 · 3 yrs

2022 Istanbul bombing

A terrorist attack occurred on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 13 November 2022 (2022-11-13), killing 6 people and injuring 81 others.

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