What happened on January 13 ?

1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)

1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)

1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)

1610 - Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1665)

1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)

1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)

1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)

1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)

1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1825)

1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)

1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)

1812 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)

1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)

1861 - Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)

1864 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)

1878 - Lionel-Adolphe Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967).

1879 - Melvin Jones, American founder of Lions Clubs International (d. 1961)

1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer, comedienne, and vaudeville performer (d. 1966)

1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)

1899 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)

1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)

1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)

1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)

1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)

1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)

1926 - Michael Bond, British writer

1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)

1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)

1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate

1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress

1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer

1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor

1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor

1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor

1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager

1942 - Richard Moll, American actor

1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress

1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician

1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków

1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur

1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)

1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)

1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer

1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director

1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress

1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer

1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)

1962 - Trace Adkins, American musician

1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress

1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor

1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player

1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier

1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor

1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)

1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress

1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarussian gymnast

1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player

1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor

1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist

1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese National Football Player

1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player

1983 - Julian Morris, English actor