Year 1610
Galileo discovered Callisto, Jupiter’s fourth satellite.
JANUARY 13
Daily Historical Chronicle
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13 January: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 13 January.
Year 1709
Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah I defeated his brother Kamabakhsh in Hyderabad in a power struggle.
Year 1842
Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Year 1849
The famous Battle of Chillianwala started during the Second Anglo Sikh War.
Year 1910
The world’s first public radio broadcast began in New York.
Year 1915
Earthquake shook Avezzano, Italy, killed 29800 people.
Year 1930
Mickey Mouse comics first published.
Year 1964
100 killed in anti-Muslim riots in Kolkata.
Year 1995
Belarus became the 24th member country of NATO.
Year 2007
K. G. Balakrishnan became the 37th Chief Justice of India.
Born 1843
Fakir Mohan Senapati, an Indian writer, poet, philosopher, and social reformer.
Born 1919
Dr. Marri Channa Reddy, an Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Born 1926
Shakti Samanta, an Indian film director, and producer.
Born 1938
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, an Indian music composer and santoor player from the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Born 1948
Gaj Singh, Indian lawyer and politician
Born 1949
Rakesh Sharma, a former Indian Air Force pilot, and astronaut.
Born 1963
Piyush Mishra, an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, and scriptwriter.
Born 1975
Andrew M. Yang, an American entrepreneur and former presidential candidate.
Died 1832
Thomas Lord, an English professional cricketer.
Died 1941
James Joyce, an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic.
Died 1976
Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, an Indian tabla player.
Died 1985
Madan Puri, an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films.
Died 1991
Tribhuvandas Luhar, an Indian Gujarati poet and author.
Died 2014
Anjali Devi, an Indian actress, model, and producer in Telugu and Tamil films.
Died 2016
J. F. R. Jacob, an Indian Army officer.
Died 2017
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and sometime member of the British royal family (b. 1930)[17]2017: Dick Gautier, American actor (b. 1931)[18]2017: Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (b. 1942)[19]2019: Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969)[20]