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December 13

950 years on from Salerno, December 13 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♐ZodiacSagittarius ◈BirthstoneTurquoise ❀Birth flowerHolly

Sagittarius is the sign for December 13 — read more on the Sagittarius page, or see December's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on December 13?

December 13 is the 347th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1076 and 1989. Famous people born on December 13 include Tom DeLonge, Taylor Swift and Mathilde Fibiger.

Released on December 13

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game Ready or Not

2022

  • Game High on Life
  • Game Potion Craft

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1076

    Salerno

  2. 1294

    Pope Celestine V

  3. 1577

    Francis Drake

  4. 1769

    Dartmouth College

  5. 1862

    American Civil War

  6. 1937

    Second Sino-Japanese War

  7. 1957

    1957 Farsinaj earthquake

  8. 1974

    Malta

  9. 1981

    Wojciech Jaruzelski

  10. 1989

    The Troubles

Famous birthday twins

Born on December 13

Tom DeLonge

b. 1975

Taylor Swift

b. 1989

Mathilde Fibiger

b. 1830

Heinrich Heine

b. 1797

Erik XIV

b. 1533

Hans-Joachim Marseille

b. 1919

Werner von Siemens

b. 1816

Franz Aepinus

b. 1724

Deaths

  • 1945Josef Kramer
  • 1863Friedrich Hebbel
  • 1565Conrad Gessner
  • 1516Johannes Trithemius
  • 1466Donatello
  • 1126Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: St Antiochus of Sulcis
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Francesco Marinoni
  • —Christian feast day: St Judoc aka St Joyce
  • —Christian feast day: St Lucy
  • —Christian feast day: St Odile of Alsace
  • —Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
  • —National Day (Saint Lucia)
  • —Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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