January 13
[1334] Henry II of Castile, King of Castile and León (1369-79), born in Seville, Spain.
[1505] Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1535-71), born in Cölln, Germany.
[1610] Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, born in Graz, Duchy of Styria.
[1865] Princess Marie of Orléans, French Princess by birth and Danish Princess by marriage to Prince Valdemar, born in Ham, London, England.
[1938] Tord Grip, Swedish football player and manager, born in Ytterhogdal, Sweden.
[1939] Jacek Gmoch, Polish football player, trainer and manager, born in Pruszków, Poland.
[1947] Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan football winger and manager, born in Pedralbes, Barcelona, Spain.
[1960] Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and manager, born in Colonus, Athens, Greece.
[1962] Trace Adkins, American country singer and actor, born in Sarepta, Louisiana, United States.
[1966] Patrick Dempsey, American actor, born in Lewiston, Maine, United States.
[1968] Mike Whitlow, English football defender and coach (U-18 at League Two club Mansfield Town), born in Northwich, England.
[1970] Frank Kooiman, Dutch football goalkeeper, born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands.
[1977] Orlando Bloom, English actor, born in Canterbury, England.
[1980] Akira Kaji, Japanese football defender, born in Minamiawaji, Hyogo, Japan.
[1980] Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish football defender, born in Stockholm, Sweden.
[1989] Bryan Arguez, American soccer defensive midfielder, born in in Miami, Florida, United States.
[1990] Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
[703 AD] Empress Jitō, the 41st monarch of Japan, dies.
[858 AD] Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (839-858), dies.
[888 AD] Charles III, the Fat (Charles Le Gros) Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881-888, dies at about 49.
[1330] Frederick I (III), the Fair, Duke of Austria and Styria (from 1308) as well as the anti-King of Germany (1314-1325) and then the co-King until his death.
[1363] Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol, dies.
[1735] Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, second wife of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont, Queen of Sardinia (1730-35), dies at 28.
[1797] Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederik II the Great, dies at 81.
[1879] Henry the Navigator, Prince of the Netherlands, 3rd son of King William II of the Netherlands, dies at 58.
[1932] Sophia of Prussia, Queen Consort of the Hellenes (1913-17) and (1920-22) as the wife of Constantine I of Greece, dies at 61.
[2004] Harold Shipman (Doctor Death), British GP and prolific serial killer, commits suicide by hanging himself in his cell at HM Prison Wakefield at 57.
[2014] Bobby Collins, Scottish football midfielder and manager, dies at 82.
[2017] Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon, British photographer and ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86.
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