January 13th (1797) was a Friday. It's the 12th day of the year (13th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 13th January, 1797
» French Revolutionary Wars: A Action of 13 January 1797 named naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
January 13th Famous Deaths for 1797
» Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (b. 1715)
January 13th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Blessed Veronica of Milan
» Saint Elian (Wales) known as Elian
» Hilary of Poitiers
» Canute IV of Denmark or Knut (Sweden and Finland)
» Saint Mungo or Mungo
» January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Cape Verde called Democracy Day (Cape Verde)
» Korean American Day (some U.S. states)
» Liberation Day (Togo)
» Thai Pongal Bhogi named Bhogi (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil people called Tamil Nadu)
» Lohri (Punjab (India) known as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)