Did you know
Christian VII of Denmark (born 1749) was affected by mental illness and was only nominally king for most of his reign.
Notable Deaths on March 13
1808 — Christian VII of Denmark (born 1749)
Christian VII of Denmark (born 1749)
March 13 has 76 recorded notable deaths across history, from 1202 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
76 source records
1202 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on March 13
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- 1940 The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union officially ends after the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty. Source
- 1825 Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry. Source
- 1862 The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. Source
- 1954 The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam. Source
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler holds the record for the sixth longest reign as champion in middleweight history.
Did you know
Clarence Darrow was a leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a prominent advocate for Georgist economic reform, as well as a noted public speaker, debater, and writer.
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Raúl Manuel Grijalva was an American politician and activist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 2003 until his death in 2025.
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Hilary Whitehall Putnam was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century.
More major people who died on March 13
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2021
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
American professional boxer (born 1954)
Marvelous Marvin Hagler was an American professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1987.
1938
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and author (born 1857)
Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer and politician who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including…
2025
Raúl Grijalva
United States representative from Arizona (born 1948)
Raúl Manuel Grijalva was an American politician and activist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 2003 until his death in 2025.
2016
Hilary Putnam
American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist (born 1926)
Hilary Whitehall Putnam was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century.
1823
John Jervis
1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (born 1735)
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent was a Royal Navy officer and politician.
1998
Hans von Ohain
German-American physicist and engineer (born 1911)
Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain was a German physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine.
1998
Judge Dread
English singer-songwriter (born 1945)
Alexander Minto Hughes, better known as Judge Dread, was an English reggae and ska musician.
2017
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
American author (born 1965)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host.
1573
Michel de l'Hôpital
French politician (born 1507)
Michel de l'Hôpital was a French lawyer, diplomat and chancellor during the latter Italian Wars and the early French Wars of Religion.
1885
Giorgio Mitrovich
Maltese politician (born 1795)
Giorgio Mitrovich was a Maltese patriot and politician known for his role in the struggle for freedom of the press in Malta.
1719
Johann Friedrich Böttger
German chemist and potter (born 1682)
Johann Friedrich Böttger was a German alchemist. Böttger was born in Schleiz and died in Dresden.
1995
Odette Hallowes
French nurse and spy (born 1912)
Odette Marie Léonie Céline Hallowes,, also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Sansom, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during the Second…
1962
Anne Acheson
Irish sculptor (born 1882)
Anne Crawford Acheson was a British-Irish sculptor. She and Elinor Hallé invented plaster casts for soldier's broken limbs. Acheson exhibited at the Royal Academy and internationally. She was awarded the CBE in 1919.
2006
Jimmy Johnstone
Scottish footballer (born 1944)
James Connolly Johnstone was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.
1879
Adolf Anderssen
German mathematician and chess player (born 1818)
Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He won the great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866.
1881
Alexander II of Russia (born 1818)
Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881.
1271
Henry of Almain
English knight (born 1235)
Henry of Almain, also called Henry of Cornwall, was the eldest son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, afterwards King of the Romans, by his first wife Isabel Marshal.
1999
Lee Falk
American cartoonist, director, and producer (born 1911)
Lee Falk, born Leon Harrison Gross, was an American writer, playwright, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom.
1901
Benjamin Harrison
American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (born 1833)
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.