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2013
Whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals u. a. the surveillance program PRISM and thus triggers a surveillance and espionage affair .
Pope Benedict XVI is the first Pope to resign from his office in over 700 years; Pope Francis is the first Latin American to be elected as his successor .
Protests in Turkey 2013 Demonstrations and actions by citizens in Turkey against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government
Protests against the Egyptian government lead to an overthrow in Egypt .

2013 in other calendars
From urbe condita	2766
Armenian calendar	1461-1462
Ethiopian calendar	2005-2006
Badi calendar	169-170
Bengali calendar	1419-1420
Berber calendar	2963
Buddhist calendar	2557
Burmese calendar	1375
Byzantine calendar	7521-7522
Chinese calendar
- era	4709-4710 or 4649-4650
- 60 year cycle	Water Dragon ( 壬辰 , 29) - Water Snake ( 癸巳 , 30)
French revolutionary calendar	CCXXI - CCXXII 221-222
Hebrew calendar	5773-5774
Hindu calendar
- Vikram Sambat	2069-2070
- Shaka Samvat	1935-1936
Iranian calendar	1391-1392
Islamic calendar	1434-1435
Japanese calendar
- Nengō (era):	Heisei 25
- Kōki	2673
Coptic calendar	1729-1730
Korean calendar
- Dangun era	4346
- Juche era	102
Minguo calendar	102
Modern Olympics	XXX
Seleucid calendar	2324-2325
Thai solar calendar	2556

Like the previous year, 2013 was shaped by the aftermath of the Arab Spring . In Syria the civil war continued throughout the year; In Egypt , the elected President Mohammed Morsi was deposed by the military . In addition to Egypt, there were sustained public protests in Turkey , Thailand and Ukraine during the course of the year, especially in the second half of the year .

The NSA affair resulted from the revelations of the former employee of the US secret service NSA , Edward Snowden , which led to worldwide protests against the espionage measures of the United States.

In Europe (especially in the euro zone ) the year was shaped like the previous year by the euro crisis. Protests against the crisis policy of the European Union and against the policies of their own governments were particularly strong in the countries that were badly affected by the crisis, Greece , Spain , Portugal , Italy and Cyprus . Ireland , on the other hand, left the euro rescue package in December .

In February, for the first time since 1294 with Benedict XVI. a Pope back of his own accord. On March 13, for the first time in history, Francis was elected a Latin American bishop of Rome. He proclaimed a change of course towards a church that should be more there for the poor.

On September 22, 2013, the new Bundestag was elected in Germany . For the first time, the FDP could not overcome the 5 percent hurdle , which led to the end of the black-yellow coalition after four years . After almost three months, a grand coalition of CDU / CSU and SPD, still under Chancellor Angela Merkel , was formed.

Events

Politics and world events

• See also: Elections 2013

• January 1 to June 30: Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union .
• January 1: Ueli Maurer becomes the new Federal President of Switzerland .
• January 11th: The French armed forces start their Operation Serval in Mali
• January 20: State elections in Lower Saxony
• January 20: Referendum on conscription in Austria
• January 22nd: Parliamentary elections in Israel
• February 6: The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is founded in Oberursel .
• February 14: Johanna Wanka succeeds Annette Schavan as Federal Minister for Education and Research .
• 24./25. February: General elections in Italy
• March 14: Xi Jinping becomes the new President of the People's Republic of China .
• April 9: Iraq National Day (10th anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003)
• April 15: An attack is committed at the Boston Marathon , killing three and injuring more than 260 people.
• April 20: Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected as Italian President .
• April 30th: Willem-Alexander becomes the new King of the Netherlands .
• May 26: Local elections in Schleswig-Holstein
• May 31: Protests against the Erdoğan government begin in Turkey .
• June 14th: Hassan Rouhani wins the presidential election in Iran .
• Mid-June: Nationwide protests begin in Brazil , especially against corruption and social injustice.
• July 1st: Croatia becomes 28th member of the European Union .
• July 1 to December 31: Lithuania holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union .
• July 3: The elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is deposed in a military coup .
• July 21st: Philippe becomes the new King of the Belgians .
• JULY 22: The late British heir to the throne is Prince George of Cambridge born.
• August 14: Unrest in Egypt kills more than 600 people and injures thousands.
• August 21: Several hundred people are killed and many injured in attacks in the Ghouta region as part of the civil war in Syria .
• August 28th: Dietmar Woidke succeeds the resigned Matthias Platzeck as the new Prime Minister of Brandenburg .
• September 7th: General election in Australia
• September 15: State election in Bavaria
• 21.-24. September: More than 70 people are killed and around 300 injured in a hostage-taking attack on a shopping center in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi .
• September 22nd: Bundestag election
• September 22nd: State election in Hesse
• September 29: National Council election in Austria
• 1. – 16. October: Due to budget disputes, a government shutdown occurs in the USA .
• October 4th: In the Republic of Ireland , the government-approved abolition of the House of Lords is rejected in a referendum .
• October 22: The 18th German Bundestag is constituted.
• 25./26. October: House of Representatives in the Czech Republic
• 11-23 November: UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw ( COP 19 )
• November 21: Political protests begin in Ukraine
• December 16: Ireland leaves the euro rescue package .
• DECEMBER 16: In Austria one accepts grand coalition , the business of government .
• DECEMBER 17: In Germany one accepts grand coalition , the business of government .
• December 23: In Hesse , the CDU and the Greens sign a coalition agreement for the 19th legislative period .
• December 24: The UN announces that internal power struggles in South Sudan have mourned "thousands of deaths" within a few days.
• 29./30. December: More than 30 people are killed and many others injured in two attacks in Volgograd, Russia .

Culture and society

• 7th - 17th February : 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)
• February 10 : Chinese New Year , 蛇 Year of the Water Snake (癸巳 guǐsì 30)
• February 24 : 2013 Academy Awards in Los Angeles
• March 16 to December 30 : Installation of Christo's Big Air Package inside the Oberhausen gasometer
• April 26 : Awarding of the German Film Prize in Berlin
• April 26 to October 13 : International Garden Show 2013 in Hamburg
• 4. - 5. May : Baden-Württemberg-day
• May 18 : In Malmö (Sweden) Emmelie de Forest wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 for Denmark with her song Only Teardrops .
• May 22nd : Foundation of the Hope Bearers Foundation in Leonberg
• June 7th - 9th : 14th Thuringian Day in Sondershausen
• 14 - June 23 : 53. Hessentag in Kassel
• 21st - 23. June 30 Rhineland-Palatinate Day in Pirmasens
• June 28th - 30th : 17th Saxony-Anhalt Day in Gommern
• July 4th - 7th : 23rd TFF Rudolstadt in Rudolstadt
• 16th - 25. August : 291. Rudolstädter bird shooting in Rudolstadt
• August 24 : After six years of construction, the controversial Waldschlößchenbrücke opens in Dresden .
• August 26th - 31st : TONALi Grand Prix in Hamburg
• August 30th to September 1st : 33rd day of Lower Saxony in Goslar , Vienenburg and Wöltingerode Monastery
• September 6th - 8th : 22nd Day of the Saxons in Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb.
• September 14 : Tropical Forests Day (proclaimed by WWF)
• September 21 to October 6 : Oktoberfest in Munich
• 9. - 13. October : Frankfurt Book Fair ; Host country: Brazil
• October 10 : 10th International Day Against the Death Penalty (launched by WCADP )
• October 19 : 100 years of the German Life Saving Society
• November 1st : World Vegan Day (occasion: 50th anniversary of the Vegan Society)

religion

• January 20: World Religion Day (proclaimed by the Congregation of the Baha'i of the United States)
• February 10: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad
• February 21: 500th anniversary of the death of Pope Julius II.
• February 28: Due to his resignation announced on February 11, 2013, the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI ends .
• March 12th: Pope elections begin in the Vatican
• March 13th: Pope Francis emerges from the conclave as the 266th Pope in the 5th ballot .
• March 31: Easter
• 1-5 May: 34th Evangelical Church Congress in Hamburg
• May 5th: Orthodox Easter
• May 9: Ascension Day
• May 19: Pentecost
• June 4th: Vesakh
• June 13: Orthodox Ascension Day
• June 23: Orthodox Pentecost
• July 9th to August 8th: Ramadan
• 23-28 July: 28th Catholic World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro
• September 14: Yom Kippur
• October 15th: Islamic Festival of Sacrifice
• October 23: Wolfgang Roesch is the Holy See for an indefinite period in place of the absent Bishop Franz-Peter-van Elst Tebartz the manager of the German diocese of Limburg determined.
• November 3rd: Diwali
• November 27th: Hanukkah

science and technology

• July 10th: The Northrop Grumman X-47 becomes the first unmanned combat aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier at sea.
• Summer 2013: A Mercedes S-Class vehicle drives the historic Bertha-Benz route from Mannheim to Pforzheim completely autonomously as an autonomous land vehicle in the presence of journalists .

Sports

• January 1st : Phil Taylor wins the PDC World Darts Championship
• 11-27 January: 23rd men's handball world championship in Spain
• 12-13 January: European Luge Championships 2013 in Oberhof , Thuringia
• 19 January to 10 February: 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa
• January 21 to February 5: 2013 Bobsleigh World Championship in St. Moritz , Switzerland
• February 3: Super Bowl XLVII in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans
• 4th - 17th February: Alpine World Ski Championships in Schladming , Austria
• 6-17 February: 46th Biathlon World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě , Czech Republic
• February 20 to March 3: Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme , Italy
• 10-17 March: World Figure Skating Championships in London , Canada
• April 6: FC Bayern Munich will be German soccer champions 2012/2013 on matchday 28 (earliest championship win in Bundesliga history).
• 3rd-19th May: 77th Men's Ice Hockey World Championship in the capitals of Sweden and Finland
• May 15: 2012/13 UEFA Europa League final
• May 18: The 2012/13 Bundesliga ends with the 34th matchday .
• 18.-25. May: International German Gymnastics Festival in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region
• May 25: 2012/13 UEFA Champions League final in London
• June 1st: 2012/13 DFB Cup final
• 15.-30. June: 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil
  

  2013 FIFA Confederations Cup logo
• June 21 to July 13: 2013 U-20 World Cup in Turkey
• June 29th to July 21st: 100th Tour de France
• 10.-28. July: Women's European Football Championship in Sweden
• July 19 to August 4: 15th World Swimming Championships in Barcelona , Spain
• 20.-29. July: World Athletics Championships for the disabled in Lyon , France
• 20.-30. July: 17th Mediterranean Games in the Turkish cities of Mersin and Adana
• July 25th to August 4th: 9th World Games in Cali , Colombia
• 1-10 August: World Police and Fire Games in Belfast , Northern Ireland
• August 9: The 51st season of the Bundesliga begins.
• 10-18 August: 14th World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium in Moscow
• 20th - 25th August: European Championships in dressage and show jumping in Herning , Denmark
• August 25 to September 1: 38th World Rowing Championships on Lake Tangeum in Chungju , South Korea
• August 27th to September 1st: Canoe Racing World Championships 2013 in Duisburg
• August 29th: Franck Ribéry is Europe's footballer of the year .
• August 29th to September 1st: 31st European Eventing Championships in Malmö , Sweden
• 4th - 22nd September: The 2013 European Basketball Championship takes place in Slovenia .
• September 5: Nadine Angerer is Europe's player of the year .
• 6-14 September: European Women's Volleyball Championship 2013 in Germany and Switzerland
• 7-10 September: The IOC decides that the Japanese capital, Tokyo, will host the 2020 Summer Olympics and that wrestling will remain an Olympic sport. Thus baseball and squash are not included in the Olympic program. Thomas Bach becomes the new President of the IOC .
• 20.-29. September: European men's volleyball championship 2013 in Denmark and Poland
• October 12: The German Bowl XXXV takes place in Berlin.
• October 27: Sebastian Vettel wins the Formula 1 World Championship early and for the fourth time in a row .
• November 22nd: The challenger Magnus Carlsen wins the 2013 World Chess Championship in Chennai, India and becomes the 16th world chess champion .
• December 21: FC Bayern Munich wins the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup .

astronomy

• February 11 : The US Earth observation satellite Landsat 8 of NASA and United States Geological Survey is from the Vandenberg Air Force Base started.
• February 15th:

• The asteroid (367943) Duende came to within 27,599 km of Earth. That is within the orbit of the geostationary satellites.
• Chelyabinsk meteor with meteorite fall.

Smoke trail from the Yekaterinburg meteor on February 15, 2013

• March 13: The Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array radio telescope goes into operation.
• MARCH 15: The discovery of near-Earth system Luhman 16 by Kevin Luhman will be announced.
• April 25th: Partial lunar eclipse .
• May 10th: Annular solar eclipse ; visible over Australia and the Pacific.
• August 15: NASA declares the Kepler mission over due to excessive damage to the Kepler space telescope .
• October 18: penumbral eclipse (lunar eclipse) .
• November 3: Hybrid solar eclipse ; visible on the American east coast, in the Atlantic, in Central Africa and East Africa.
• November 28: Comet ISON is expected to be most bright, with the expectation that it will appear about as bright as Venus .

economy

• January 1st:

• The Chimney Sweep Crafts Act comes into force in Germany.
• Entry into force of the permanent European Stability Mechanism (ESM) to stabilize the euro .
• The broadcasting fee regulation is changed.
• The long distance bus services in Germany will be liberalized, so that now subject to certain restrictions passengers within Germany on long-distance bus may be transported.

• February 14th: American Airlines and US Airways announce plans to merge.
• May 2: New 5 euro banknotes launched in the euro area .
• June 19: The Austrian construction company Alpine files for bankruptcy.
• July 1: The US company Advent International takes over the German company Douglas Holding .
• July 11th: The DIY chain Praktiker files for bankruptcy.
• July 23: The mobile operator Telefónica announces the planned takeover of E-Plus .
• July 25: Axel Springer AG announces the planned sale of two regional newspapers as well as its program and women's magazines to the Funke media group .
• August 1: Joe Kaeser becomes the new CEO of Siemens AG, succeeding Peter Löscher .
• October 1: The German television manufacturer Loewe files for bankruptcy.
• December 9: The merger of the US companies American Airlines and US Airways takes effect.
• December 9: The German media group Axel Springer SE announces the takeover of the news broadcaster N24 .
• The majority of the German company MAN is taken over by Volkswagen AG .

Social

• January 1st:

• The practice fee in Germany is canceled.
• The contribution to the statutory pension insurance in Germany falls from 19.6 to 18.9 percent of income subject to contributions.
• The contribution to the statutory long-term care insurance in Germany rises from 1.95 to 2.05 percent for employees and pensioners of the income subject to contributions, for childless the contribution rate increases from 2.2 to 2.3 percent.
• The standard requirement for recipients of unemployment benefit II (Hartz-4) and social assistance in Germany will be increased from 374 to 382 euros for single people.
• The income limit for marginal part-time employees ( mini-jobbers ) in Germany will be raised from 400 euros to 450 euros and mid-jobbers can earn 850 instead of 800 euros per month. In addition, mid-jobbers are subject to pension insurance and usually pay 3.9 percent of the income that is subject to contributions.

• August 1st:

• A care allowance is paid in Germany to parents who care for their young children in the second and third year of life at home. The monthly amount is 100 euros per child, from August 2014 it is expected to be 150 euros per child. Every child has a legal right to a place in a kindergarten from their first birthday .

Disasters

• January 27: More than 230 people are killed in a fire in a nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil .
• April 20: At least 100 people die in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan .
• April 24: More than 1,100 people are killed and more than 2,400 are injured in a building collapse in Sabhar , Bangladesh .
• May 20: An unusually strong tornado wreaks havoc in Moore , Oklahoma, USA; 24 people are killed and many more are injured.
• May to June: Due to heavy rains, heavy flooding occurs in Germany and other Central European countries .
• June 21: Heavy monsoon rains cause landslides and floods in the Indian part of the Himalayas, killing up to 6,000 people.
• July 24: 79 people die and more than 140 are injured in a railway accident near the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela .
• August to October: The Rim Fire in California destroyed an area of ​​1012 km².
• September 24: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake kills more than 500 and injures hundreds in Pakistani province of Balochistan .
• 0October 3: When a ship with mostly African boat refugees sank off the Isola dei Conigli near Lampedusa, at least 366 people died in the Mediterranean; 155 people survived the accident.
• October 11: Another boat accident off Lampedusa drowned 268 people.
• 0November 7th: Super typhoon Haiyan kills more than 5,500 people in the Philippines and makes around four million homeless.
• November 21: At least 54 people are killed in the collapse of a supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga .

Remembrance days of the UN and its organizations

(incomplete)

• February 20: World Social Justice Day ( UN )
• February 21: International Mother Language Day (proclaimed by UNESCO )
• March 8: International Women's Day ( UN )
• March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ( UN )
• March 22nd: World Water Day ( UN Water )
• 23 March: World Meteorological Day ( World Meteorological Organization )
• March 24: World Tuberculosis Day ( WHO )
• April 4: International Day Against Landmines ( UN )
• April 7: World Health Day ( WHO )
• April 25: World Malaria Day ( WHO )
• May 21: World Day for Cultural Development ( UN )
• May 22nd: International Day for Biodiversity ( UNEP )
• June 5: World Environment Day ( UNEP )
• June 8: World Oceans Day ( UN )
• June 17: World Day Against Desertification and Drought ( UNCCD )
• June 26: International Day of Aid to Victims of Torture ( UNODA )
• July 18: Nelson Mandela Day. With worldwide charitable events (proclaimed by the Mandela Foundation, supported by the UN )
• September 15: International Democracy Day (proclaimed by the UN )
• October 2nd: International Day of Nonviolence (proclaimed by the UN )
• October 16: World Food Day (Food and Agriculture Organization FAO )
• October 17th: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (proclaimed by the UN )
• October 24th: International Disarmament Week until October 30th (proclaimed by the UN )
• November 16: International Day of Tolerance (proclaimed by UNESCO )
• November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People ( UN )
• December 1st: World AIDS Day (proclaimed by the UN )
• December 2nd: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (proclaimed by the UN )
• December 3: International Day of People with Disabilities (proclaimed by the UN )
• December 10: Human Rights Day ( OHCHR )
• December 18: International Migrants Day (proclaimed by the UN )

Nobel Prizes

The 2013 Nobel Prize winners were announced from October 7th to 14th, 2013. The awards took place on December 10th, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death , in Stockholm and Oslo.

• Physiology or medicine : James Rothman , Randy Schekman and Thomas Südhof for their discoveries on transport processes in cells
• Physics : François Englert and Peter Higgs for the theoretical discovery of the Higgs mechanism
• Chemistry : Martin Karplus , Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for developing multiscale models for complex chemical systems
• Literature : Alice Munro , "the virtuoso of contemporary short stories"
• Peace : Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its extensive commitment to chemical weapons destruction
• Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics : Eugene Fama , Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller for the empirical analysis of asset prices

Annual dedications

Initiatives

• International year of cooperation in the field of water ( UN , leading: UNESCO )
• International Year of Quinoa ( UN )
• Theme year “Reformation and Tolerance” as part of the EKD's Luther Decade
• The common snipe ( Gallinago gallinago ) is bird of the year ( Naturschutzbund Deutschland NABU)
• The liverwort ( Hepatica nobilis ) is Flower of the Year ( Loki Schmidt Foundation )
• The purple orchid ( Orchis purpurea ) is Orchid of the Year ( Arbeitskreis Heimische Orchideen AHO)
• The brown-spotted mother-of-pearl butterfly ( Boloria selene ) is butterfly of the year ( Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany BUND)
• The trout ( Salmo trutta ) is fish of the year (Verband Deutscher Sportfischer e.V. VDSF)
• The crab apple ( Malus sylvestris ) is tree of the year (Kuratorium Tree of the Year)
• The smooth snake ( Coronella austriaca ) is reptile of the year ( German Society for Herpetology and Terrarium Science DGHT)
• The brown-green tenderloin ( Entoloma incanum ) is mushroom of the year ( German Society for Mycology DGfM)
• The Helme is the river landscape of the year ( Friends of Nature in Germany and the German Angler Association )

See also : nature of the year

• 

  Year of the Quinoa

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  Common Common Snipe
  ( Gallinago gallinago )

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  Hepatica
  ( Hepatica nobilis )

• 

  Purple orchid
  ( Orchis purpurea )

• 

  Brown-spotted mother-of-pearl butterfly
  ( Boloria selene )

• 

  Trout
  ( Salmo trutta )

• 

  Crab apple
  ( Malus sylvestris )

• 

  Smooth snake
  ( Coronella austriaca )

• 

  Brown-green tenderloin
  ( Entoloma incanum )

Memorial days

(for annually recurring days: see → List of commemorative and action days )

January

• January 1st:

150th birthday of Pierre de Coubertin , founder of the modern Olympic Games

150th Anniversary of the Liberation of Slaves in the USA ( Emancipation Proclamation )

75th anniversary of the use of magnetic tapes in German broadcasting

• January 3rd: 50th anniversary of the first demonstration of the PAL color television process
• January 5: 80th anniversary of the start of construction on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA
• January 9: 100th birthday of Richard Nixon , US President
• 10 January: 150th anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in London , the first metro in the world
• January 20: 200th anniversary of the death of Christoph Martin Wieland , German poet
• January 22nd: Franco-German Day: 50 years of the Élysée Treaty
• January 25: 50th anniversary of the first German theatrical release of a James Bond film ( James Bond - 007 is chasing Dr. No )

February

• February 2: 100th anniversary of the death of Gustav de Laval (Swedish engineer)
• February 2: 100th anniversary of the opening of Grand Central Terminal ( New York ), the largest train station in the world
• February 4: Rosa Parks (American civil rights activist) 100th birthday
• February 6: 100th birthday of Mary Leakey , American paleoanthropologist
• February 14: 200th birthday of Alexander Sergejewitsch Dargomyschski (Russian composer)
• February 15: 250th anniversary of the Peace of Hubertusburg
• February 24: 75th anniversary of the manufacture of the first toothbrush with synthetic nylon bristles in the USA
• February 25: 100th birthday of Gert Fröbe , German actor
• February 25: 300th anniversary of the death of Friedrich I of Prussia

March

• March 10: 225th birthday of Joseph von Eichendorff (German poet)
• March 10: 100th anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman , American abolitionist and escape worker
• March 10: 200th anniversary of the Iron Cross Foundation in Wroclaw
• March 11 (inter alia): 300th anniversary of the Peace of Utrecht
• March 12th: 75th anniversary of the invasion of Austria by German troops
• March 17th: 200th anniversary of the appeal to My People by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III.
• March 18: 200th birthday of Friedrich Hebbel (German playwright)
• March 19: 200th birthday of the Africa explorer David Livingstone

April

• April 1st: 75th anniversary of the sale of instant coffee ( Nescafé ) in Switzerland
• April 1st: 50th anniversary of the start of broadcasting of ZDF
• April 7: 175th birthday of Ferdinand Heinrich Thieriot (German composer)
• April 10: 200th anniversary of the death of Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Italian mathematician and astronomer)
• April 14: 100th anniversary of the death of Carl Hagenbeck (German zoologist)

May

• May 15: 100th birthday of Heinz Haber (German-American astronomer)
• May 16: 125th anniversary of the presentation of the first gramophone by Emil Berliner in Philadelphia
• May 17: 225th anniversary of the death of Johann Ignaz von Felbiger (German reformer)
• May 17th: 70th anniversary of the bombing and destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams (approx. 1250 fatalities)
• May 22: 200th birthday of Richard Wagner (German composer)
• May 23: 150th anniversary of the founding of the General German Workers 'Association , the first German workers' party
• May 29: 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest
• May 31: 100th birthday of Peter Frankenfeld (German TV presenter)

June

• June: 75th anniversary of the invention of Superman , the first superhero in comic history
• June 7th: 50th anniversary of the first Rolling Stones record ( Come on )
• June 16: 50th anniversary of the first space flight of a woman, Valentina Tereshkova
• June 17: 60th anniversary of the popular uprising in the GDR (1953)
• June 26th: 50th anniversary of the saying I am a Berliner from US President John F. Kennedy while visiting West Berlin
• June 28: 200th anniversary of the death of the Prussian general Gerhard von Scharnhorst

July

• July 1: 25th anniversary of the introduction of the German Share Index (DAX)
• July 4th: 125th anniversary of the death of Theodor Storm , German poet
• July 8: 175th birthday of Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German general and airship designer)
• July 14: 100th birthday of Gerald Ford , US President
• July 21: 75th anniversary of the first ascent of the Eiger north face ( Switzerland )

August

• August 2: 225th anniversary of Thomas Gainsborough's death (British painter)
• August 5th: 125th anniversary of the first long-distance automobile trip, undertaken by Bertha Benz
• August 8: 50th anniversary of the biggest money robbery, the attack on the Glasgow-London mail train
• August 10: The Treaty of Bucharest ends the Second Balkan War in 1913 .
• August 10: 75th anniversary of the first Atlantic crossing by land-based passenger aircraft ( Focke-Wulf Fw 200 from Berlin to New York )
• August 13: 100th anniversary of the death of August Bebel , founder of German social democracy
• August 24: 700th anniversary of the death of the Roman-German Emperor Henry VII.
• August 24: 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Bundesliga (1st matchday)
• August 26th: 200th anniversary of the death of Theodor Körner , German writer
• August 28: 50th anniversary of the speech I have a dream by the American civil rights activist Martin Luther King
• August 30th: 50th anniversary of the presentation of the first cassette recorder at the international radio exhibition in Berlin

September

• 1 September: 30th anniversary of the introduction of BTX in the Federal Republic as the first online service
• September 4th: 125th anniversary of the patenting of the roll film camera by George Eastman (first patent controversial, see roll film )
• September 5: 375th birthday of Louis XIV.
• September 9: 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden Field , victory of the English over the Scots
• September 18: 40th anniversary of the admission of the FRG and the GDR as the 133rd and 134th member state of the UN
• September 21: 30th anniversary of the first mobile phone , the Motorola DynaTAC
• September 29th:

75th anniversary of the signing of the Munich Agreement

100th anniversary of the death of Rudolf Diesel , inventor of the diesel engine

October

• October 1st: 75th anniversary of the invasion of German troops in the Sudetenland
• October 5th: 300th birthday of Denis Diderot , editor of the most famous early encyclopedia
• October 6: 100th birthday of Meret Oppenheim (German-Swiss artist)
• October 9 or 10: 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi (Italian composer)
• 16. – 19. October: 200th anniversary of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig ; October 18th: 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig
• October 17th: 200th birthday of Georg Büchner (German writer)
• October 23: 200th birthday of Ludwig Leichhardt (German explorer, zoologist, botanist and geologist)
• October 24th: 50th anniversary of the Lengede mine disaster (rescue of those buried on November 7th, miracle of Lengede )

November

• November 2: 100th birthday of Burt Lancaster (American actor)
• November 3rd: 100th birthday of Marika Rökk (Hungarian actress)
• November 5: Vivien Leigh (American actress) 100th birthday
• November 7: 100th birthday of Albert Camus (French writer)
• November 9th: 75th anniversary of the November pogroms 1938 ("Reichskristallnacht")
• 22nd of November:

100th birthday of Benjamin Britten (British composer)

50th anniversary of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy

• November 26th: 300th anniversary of the beginning of the peace negotiations between France and Austria to end the War of the Spanish Succession in Rastatt
• November 30th: 200th anniversary of the independence of the Netherlands

December

• December 3: 125th anniversary of the death of Carl Zeiss (German mechanic and entrepreneur)
• December 8: 200th birthday of Adolph Kolping (German priest, writer, social reformer)
• December 12: 150th birthday of Edvard Munch (Norwegian painter)
• December 13: 150th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Hebbel (German poet)
• December 13th: 125th anniversary of the description of radio transmission by Heinrich Hertz ( research report "About rays of electric force" )
• December 17th:

75th anniversary of the first nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Straßmann

50th anniversary of the pass agreement for visits by residents of West Berlin to East Berlin

• December 18: 100th birthday of Willy Brandt (German politician)
• December 21: 100th anniversary of the publication of the first crossword puzzle in New York
• December 25th: 100th birthday of Henri Nannen (German publisher)
• December 29: 200th birthday of Karel Sabina (Czech writer)
• December 31: 125th anniversary of the death of Samson Raphael Hirsch (German rabbi)
• December 31: 175th anniversary of the death of Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch (German painter)

Born

• July 22nd : George of Cambridge , number 3 in the line of succession to the British throne

Died

For the detailed list of the deceased see Nekrolog 2013 .

January

• 0January 1 : Patti Page , American singer (* 1927 )
• 0January 3 : Elmar Gunsch , Austrian moderator (* 1931 )
• 0January 4 : Thomas Holtzmann , German actor (* 1927 )
• 0January 9 : Brigitte Alice Askonas , British immunologist (* 1923 )
• 0January 9 : James M. Buchanan , American economist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1919 )
• January 10 : Peter Fitz , German actor (* 1931 )
• January 10 : George Gruntz , Swiss jazz musician and composer (* 1932 )
• January 10 : Claude Nobs , Swiss cultural manager (* 1936 )
• January 10 : Ba Mamadou Mbaré , President of Mauritania (* 1946 )
• January 11th : Mariangela Melato , Italian actress (* 1941 )
• January 15 : Nagisa Ōshima , Japanese film director (* 1932 )
• January 17 : Jakob Arjouni , German writer (* 1964 )
• January 17th : Louise Martini , Austrian actress (* 1931 )
• January 19 : Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi , German-American author (* 1926 )
• January 19 : Taihō Kōki , Japanese sumo wrestler (* 1940 )
• January 20 : Jörg Steiner , Swiss writer (* 1930 )
• January 22nd : Eva Rühmkorf , German politician (* 1935 )
• January 23 : Józef Cardinal Glemp , Polish Archbishop (* 1929 )
• January 24th : Ulrich Heising , German director (* 1941 )
• January 25 : Martial Asselin , Canadian politician (* 1924 )
• January 25 : Oliver Colbentson , American violinist and music teacher (* 1927 )
• January 29th : Reinhold Stecher , Austrian bishop (* 1921 )
• January 30th : Carl Fredrick Becker , American violin maker and restorer (* 1919 )
• January 30th : Gonzague Olivier , French racing car driver and boat builder (* 1921 )

February

• 0February 1 : Ed Koch , American politician (* 1924 )
• 0February 2 : Mario Hernández , Puerto Rican musician and composer (* 1924 )
• 0February 2nd : Chris Kyle , best known American sniper (* 1974 )
• 0February 6 : Doğan Andaç , Turkish lieutenant colonel, football coach and official (* 1922 )
• 0February 8 : Kurt Hübner , German philosopher (* 1921 )
• 0February 8 : Friedrich Schenker , German composer (* 1942 )
• 0February 9 : Keiko Fukuda , American judoka of Japanese origin (* 1913 )
• February 13 : Stefan Wigger , German actor and voice actor (* 1932 )
• February 14 : Ronald Dworkin , American philosopher (* 1931 )
• February 15 : Dietrich Kittner , German cabaret artist (* 1935 )
• February 16 : Tony Sheridan , British musician (* 1940 )
• February 18 : Otto Beisheim , German-Swiss entrepreneur (* 1924 )
• February 18 : Otfried Preußler , German children's book author (* 1923 )
• February 19 : Gerhard Frey , German publisher and politician (* 1933 )
• February 19 : Robert Coleman Richardson , American physicist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1937 )
• February 22nd : Ernst Breit , German trade union official, 1982–1990 chairman of the DGB (* 1924 )
• February 22nd : Wolfgang Sawallisch , German conductor (* 1923 )
• February 26 : Marie-Claire Alain , French organist (* 1926 )
• February 27 : John Annus , Latvian-American painter and photographer (* 1935 )
• February 27 : Van Cliburn , American pianist (* 1934 )
• February 27 : Stéphane Hessel , French diplomat and author (* 1917 )
• February 28 : Donald Arthur Glaser , American physicist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1926 )

March

• 0March 1 : Campbell Armstrong , British screenwriter, university professor and author (born 1944 )
• 0March 5 : Hugo Chávez , Venezuelan politician and President (* 1954 )
• 0March 5 : Dieter Pfaff , German actor and director (* 1947 )
• 0March 6th : Sabine Bischoff , German fencer (* 1958 )
• 0March 6 : Alvin Lee , British singer and musician (* 1944 )
• 0March 7th : Kenny Ball , British trumpeter and band leader (* 1930 )
• March 13 : Rosemarie Fendel , German actress (* 1927 )
• March 13 : Rolf Schult , German actor and voice actor (* 1927 )
• March 15 : Anton Albertus Herman Kassenaar , Dutch biochemist (* 1922 )
• March 18 : Peter Ensikat , German writer and cabaret artist (* 1941 )
• March 21 : Chinua Achebe , Nigerian writer (* 1930 )
• March 23 : Boris Berezovsky , Russian entrepreneur (* 1946 )
• March 23 : Reinhard Lakomy , German composer and singer (* 1946 )
• March 27 : Hjalmar Andersen , Norwegian speed skater (* 1923 )
• March 27 : Heinz Funk , German film composer (* 1915 )
• March 28 : Richard Griffiths , British actor (born 1947 )
• March 29 : Josef Auer , German jazz musician (* 1928 )

April

• 0April 1 : Oktay Aslanapa , Turkish art historian (* 1914 )
• 0April 1 : Peter Zurek , Austrian journalist (* 1943 )
• 0April 2 : Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès , French comic artist (* 1931 )
• 0April 2 : Jess Franco , Spanish film director (* 1930 )
• 0April 3 : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , British writer and screenwriter (* 1927 )
• 0April 4 : Roger Ebert , American film critic (* 1942 )
• 0April 6 : Ottmar Schreiner , German politician (* 1946 )
• 0April 8 : Margaret Thatcher , British politician and Prime Minister (* 1925 )
• April 10 : Robert Edwards , British physician and Nobel Prize winner (* 1925 )
• April 12 : Brennan Manning , American Catholic theologian, speaker and author (born 1934 )
• April 14 : Colin Davis , British conductor (* 1927 )
• April 16 : Ali Kafi , Algerian President (* 1928 )
• April 16 : Reinhard Lettmann , German Roman Catholic Bishop (* 1933 )
• April 17 : Dariush Safvat , Iranian setār and santur player and musicologist (* 1928 )
• April 18 : Storm Thorgerson , British graphic designer (born 1944 )
• April 19 : François Jacob , French physician and Nobel Prize winner (* 1920 )
• April 22nd : Vivi Bach , Danish singer and actress (* 1939 )
• April 22nd : Richie Havens , American singer and musician (* 1941 )
• April 27 : Jürgen Warnke , German politician and Federal Minister (* 1932 )

May

• 0May 2 : Jeff Hanneman , American musician (* 1964 )
• 0May 4 : Christian de Duve , Belgian biochemist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1917 )
• 0May 5 : Jürg Amann , Swiss writer (* 1947 )
• 0May 5 : Sarah Kirsch , German poet and writer (* 1935 )
• 0May 6 : Giulio Andreotti , Italian politician (* 1919 )
• 0May 7 : Ray Harryhausen , American animator and trick technician (* 1920 )
• May 12 : Horst Königstein , German director (* 1945 )
• May 16 : Heinrich Rohrer , Swiss physicist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1933 )
• May 17 : Jorge Rafael Videla , Argentine military and politician (* 1925 )
• May 18 : Ernst Klee , German journalist and writer (* 1942 )
• May 18 : Lothar Schmid , German publisher and chess player (* 1928 )
• May 20 : Ray Manzarek , American musician (* 1939 )
• May 22nd : Henri Dutilleux , French composer (* 1916 )
• May 23 : Georges Moustaki , French singer and composer (* 1934 )
• May 23 : Moritz von Hessen , German head of the House of Hesse (* 1926 )
• May 24 : Gotthard Graubner , German painter (* 1930 )
• May 26 : Hildegard Krekel , German actress (* 1952 )
• May 26 : Jack Vance , American writer (born 1916 )
• May 28 : Eddi Arent , German actor and comedian (* 1925 )
• May 28 : Viktor Kulikov , Soviet Marshal (* 1921 )

June

• 0June 2 : Mario Bernardi , Canadian conductor and pianist (* 1930 )
• 0June 3 : Helge Jung , German composer (* 1943 )
• 0June 6 : Tom Sharpe , British writer (born 1928 )
• 0June 6 : Esther Williams , American actress (* 1921 )
• 0June 7th : Pierre Mauroy , French politician (* 1928 )
• 0June 8 : Yoram Kaniuk , Israeli writer (* 1930 )
• 0June 8 : Willi Sitte , German painter and graphic artist (* 1921 )
• 0June 9 : Iain Banks , British writer (born 1954 )
• 0June 9 : Walter Jens , German classical philologist and writer (* 1923 )
• June 11 : Robert Fogel , American economist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1926 )
• June 12 : Jiroemon Kimura , Japanese oldest man in the world (* 1897 )
• June 15 : Heinz Flohe , German soccer player (* 1948 )
• June 15 : José Froilán González , Argentine racing driver (* 1922 )
• June 16 : Hans Hass , Austrian zoologist and marine researcher (* 1919 )
• June 16 : Ottmar Walter , German football player (* 1924 )
• June 19 : James Gandolfini , American actor (born 1961 )
• June 19 : Gyula Horn , Hungarian politician and Prime Minister (* 1932 )
• June 20 : Franz Xaver Eder , German bishop (* 1925 )
• June 23 : Richard Matheson , American author (born 1926 )
• June 24th : Emilio Colombo , Italian politician (* 1920 )

July

• 0July 2 : Douglas C. Engelbart , American computer scientist (* 1925 )
• 0July 2 : Fausia of Egypt , Persian Queen (* 1921 )
• 0July 3 : Gisela Fritsch , German actress and voice actress (* 1936 )
• 0July 9 : Anton Wladimirowitsch Antonow-Ovsejenko , Russian historian and dissident (* 1920 )
• July 13 : Cory Monteith , Canadian actor and musician (* 1982 )
• July 17 : Manfred Gebhardt , German journalist and author (* 1927 )
• July 18 : Karl Czok , German historian (* 1926 )
• July 19 : Bert Trautmann , German football player (* 1923 )
• July 21 : Heinz Meier , German actor and theater director (* 1930 )
• July 21 : Rolf Schwendter , Austrian writer and social scientist (* 1939 )
• July 21 : Rodney Wallace , American football player (born 1949 )
• July 22nd : Dennis Farina , American actor (born 1944 )
• July 23 : Emile Griffith , American boxer (born 1938 )
• July 23 : Djalma Santos , Brazilian soccer player (* 1929 )
• July 25 : Franz Hesse , German Protestant Reformed theologian and university lecturer (* 1917 )
• July 25 : Bernadette Lafont , French actress (* 1938 )
• July 26 : JJ Cale , American musician and composer (* 1938 )
• July 26 : Rolf Haufs , German writer and poet (* 1935 )
• July 28 : Eileen Brennan , American actress (* 1932 )
• July 28 : Jupp Darchinger , German photographer (* 1925 )
• July 29 : Ludwig Averkamp , German bishop (* 1927 )
• July 30 : Berthold Beitz , German industrialist (* 1913 )

August

• 0August 4th : Renato Ruggiero , Italian politician and diplomat (* 1930 )
• 0August 5th : George Duke , American jazz musician (* 1946 )
• 0August 5th : Robert Häusser , German photographer (* 1924 )
• 0August 5th : Jonathan Dümcke , German actor (* 1991 )
• 0August 8 : Karen Black , American actress (* 1939 )
• August 10 : László Csatáry , Hungarian Nazi war criminal (* 1915 )
• August 12 : Friso of Orange-Nassau , Prince of the Netherlands (* 1968 )
• August 13 : Lothar Bisky , German politician (* 1941 )
• August 14 : Jörg Pleva , German actor and theater director (* 1942 )
• August 15 : Sławomir Mrożek , Polish writer and playwright (* 1930 )
• August 17 : Claus Jacobi , German journalist (* 1927 )
• August 18 : Dezső Gyarmati , Hungarian water polo player and coach (* 1927 )
• August 18 : Tewfik Saleh , Egyptian film director and screenwriter (* 1926 )
• August 19 : Wolfgang Lüder , German lawyer and politician (* 1937 )
• August 19 : Fritz Rau , German concert organizer (* 1930 )
• August 19 : Lee Thompson Young , American actor (born 1984 )
• August 20 : Elmore Leonard , American writer (* 1925 )
• August 20 : Erik Neutsch , German writer (* 1931 )
• August 21 : Charles Gordon Fullerton , American astronaut (* 1936 )
• August 23 : David Garrick , British opera and pop singer (* 1945 )
• August 24 : Julie Harris , American actress (born 1925 )
• August 25 : Gilmar , Brazilian soccer player (* 1930 )
• August 25 : Katja Paryla , German actress (* 1940 )
• August 26 : Wolfgang Herrndorf , German writer (* 1965 )
• August 30 : Seamus Heaney , Irish writer and Nobel Prize for Literature (* 1939 )
• August 31 : David Frost , British journalist and television presenter (born 1939 )

September

• 0September 1 : Pál Csernai , Hungarian football player and coach (* 1932 )
• 0September 2 : Valérie Benguigui , French actress (* 1965 )
• 0September 2 : Ronald Coase , British economist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1910 )
• 0September 2 : Frederik Pohl , American writer (* 1919 )
• 0September 5 : Rochus Misch , German SS man (* 1917 )
• 0September 7th : Wolfgang Frank , German soccer player and coach (* 1951 )
• September 12 : Ray Dolby , American inventor (* 1933 )
• September 12 : Erich Loest , German writer (* 1926 )
• September 12 : Otto Sander , German actor (* 1941 )
• September 16 : Frithjof Aurich , German physical chemist (* 1933 )
• September 18 : Hans Daiber , German journalist and author (* 1927 )
• September 18 : Marcel Reich-Ranicki , German literary critic (* 1920 )
• September 19 : Hiroshi Yamauchi , Japanese entrepreneur (* 1927 )
• September 21 : Walter Wallmann , German politician (* 1932 )
• September 22nd : David H. Hubel , Canadian neurobiologist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1926 )
• September 22 : Álvaro Mutis , Colombian writer (* 1923 )
• September 23 : Paul Kuhn , German singer and musician (* 1928 )
• September 23 : Heimo Kuchling , Austrian art theorist (* 1917 )
• September 25 : Elisabeth Borchers , German writer (* 1926 )
• September 25th : Hans-Joachim Rotzsch , German singer and choir director (* 1929 )
• September 26 : Helmut Simon , German judge at the Federal Constitutional Court (* 1922 )
• September 28 : Walter Schmidinger , Austrian actor (* 1933 )
• September 29 : LC Greenwood , American football player (born 1946 )
• September 29 : Yamasaki Toyoko , Japanese writer (* 1924 )

October

• 0October 1 : Tom Clancy , American writer (* 1947 )
• 0October 1 : Giuliano Gemma , Italian actor (* 1938 )
• 0October 3 : Sergei Below , Soviet-Russian basketball player and coach (* 1944 )
• 0October 4 : Võ Nguyên Giáp , Vietnamese general (* 1911 )
• 0October 5 : Carlo Lizzani , Italian film director (* 1922 )
• 0October 7th : Patrice Chéreau , French director (* 1944 )
• 0October 7 : Ovadja Josef , Israeli rabbi (* 1920 )
• 0October 9 : Wilfried Martens , Belgian politician (* 1936 )
• October 10 : Scott Carpenter , American astronaut (* 1925 )
• October 11 : Wadih El Safi , Lebanese singer, songwriter, composer and actor (* 1921 )
• October 11 : Erich Priebke , German war criminal (* 1913 )
• October 11th : María de Villota , Spanish racing car driver (* 1980 )
• October 14 : Bruno Metsu , French football player and coach (* 1954 )
• October 15 : Rudolf Friedrich , Swiss politician (* 1923 )
• October 15 : Hans Riegel jr. , German-Austrian entrepreneur (* 1923 )
• October 16 : Ed Lauter , American actor (* 1938 )
• October 16 : Simon Phillips , British racing driver (* 1934 )
• October 17 : Günter Willumeit , German humorist and entertainer (* 1941 )
• October 20 : Dimiter Gotscheff , Bulgarian theater director (* 1943 )
• October 20 : Lawrence Klein , American economist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1920 )
• October 23 : Anthony Caro , British sculptor (* 1924 )
• October 24th : Manolo Escobar , Spanish singer (* 1931 )
• October 25 : Arthur C. Danto , American philosopher and critic (* 1924 )
• October 25 : Nigel Davenport , British actor (* 1928 )
• October 25 : Bill Sharman , American basketball player and coach (* 1926 )
• October 25 : Marcia Wallace , American actress and voice actress (* 1942 )
• October 27 : Lou Reed , American singer and musician (* 1942 )
• October 28 : Tadeusz Mazowiecki , Polish politician (* 1927 )
• October 31 : Gérard de Villiers , French writer (* 1929 )

November

• 0November 1 : Brigitte Neumeister , Austrian actress (* 1944 )
• 0November 2 : Walt Bellamy , American basketball player (born 1939 )
• 0November 4 : Hans von Borsody , German actor (* 1929 )
• 0November 7th : Manfred Rommel , German politician (* 1928 )
• 09 November : Georg P. Salzmann , German book collector (* 1929 )
• November 11 : Domenico Bartolucci , Italian church musician and cardinal (* 1917 )
• November 12 : Alexander Serebrov , Soviet cosmonaut (* 1944 )
• November 12 : John Tavener , British composer (* 1944 )
• November 15 : Raimondo D'Inzeo , Italian show jumper (* 1925 )
• November 15 : Glafkos Klerides , Cypriot politician and President (* 1919 )
• November 16 : Chris Argyris , American administrative sciences (* 1923 )
• November 17 : Syd Field , American non-fiction author (born 1935 )
• November 17th : Doris Lessing , British writer (* 1919 )
• November 19 : Tibor Kovács , Hungarian archaeologist (* 1940 )
• November 19 : Frederick Sanger , British biochemist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1918 )
• November 20 : Dieter Hildebrandt , German cabaret artist and author (* 1927 )
• November 24th : Amedeo Amadei , Italian football player and coach (* 1921 )
• November 25th : Bill Foulkes , British football player and coach (* 1932 )
• November 25 : Chico Hamilton , American jazz musician and composer (* 1921 )
• November 25 : Peter Kurzck , German writer (* 1943 )
• November 26 : Arik Einstein , Israeli singer (* 1939 )
• November 26 : Adolf Schmidt , German trade unionist and politician (* 1925 )
• November 27 : Nílton Santos , Brazilian soccer player (* 1925 )
• November 27 : Wolf Jobst Siedler , German publisher and writer (* 1926 )
• November 29 : Chris Howland , British presenter and actor (born 1928 )
• November 30th : Peter Graf , German tennis trainer and manager (* 1938 )
• November 30th : Paul Walker , American actor (* 1973 )

December

• 0December 2 : Junior Murvin , Jamaican reggae musician (* 1946 or 1949 )
• 0December 3 : Paul Aussaresses , French general (* 1918 )
• 0December 5 : Günther Förg , German visual artist (* 1952 )
• 0December 5 : Nelson Mandela , South African freedom fighter and politician (* 1918 )
• 0December 5 : Colin Wilson , British writer (* 1931 )
• 0December 7th : Édouard Molinaro , French film director (* 1928 )
• 0December 8 : John W. Cornforth , Australian chemist and Nobel Prize winner (* 1917 )
• 0December 9 : Zahit Atakan , Turkish admiral (* 1923 )
• 0December 9 : Eleanor Parker , American actress (born 1922 )
• December 10 : Jim Hall , American jazz musician and composer (* 1930 )
• December 10th : Margot Kruse , German Romanist (* 1928 )
• December 11 : Marion Asche , German physicist and professor (* 1935 )
• December 12 : Jang Song-thaek , North Korean politician (* 1946 )
• December 14 : Peter O'Toole , Irish actor (born 1932 )
• December 15 : Joan Fontaine , American actress (born 1917 )
• December 15 : Harold Camping , American radio preacher (* 1921 )
• December 17 : Leland Smith , American composer, bassoonist and music teacher (* 1925 )
• December 18 : Ronald Biggs , British mail robber (* 1929 )
• December 19 : Herb Geller , American jazz musician and composer (* 1928 )
• December 21 : Ismat Abdal Maguid , Egyptian diplomat (* 1923 )
• December 21 : Peter Geach , British philosopher and logician (* 1916 )
• December 23 : Mikhail Kalashnikov , Soviet weapons designer (* 1919 )
• December 23 : Yusef Lateef , American jazz musician and composer (* 1920 )
• December 24th : Helga M. Novak , German writer (* 1935 )
• December 26th : Marta Eggerth , Hungarian-American singer and actress (* 1912 )
• December 28 : Halton Arp , American astronomer (* 1927 )
• December 29 : Simon Yussuf Assaf , Lebanese priest and poet (* 1938 )
• December 29 : Wojciech Kilar , Polish composer (* 1932 )
• December 31 : James Avery , American actor (born 1945 )
• December 31 : Irina Korschunow , German writer (* 1925 )
• December 31 : Bruno Moravetz , German sports reporter (* 1921 )

Gallery of the deceased

• 

  January 9: James M. Buchanan (2010)

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  February 1: Ed Koch (1988)

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  February 16: Tony Sheridan (2011)

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  March 5: Hugo Chávez (2008)

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  March 5: Dieter Pfaff (2012)

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  March 22nd: Chinua Achebe (2008)

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  March 23: Reinhard Lakomy (2009)

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  April 8: Margaret Thatcher

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  April 22: Richie Havens (1972)

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  May 23: Georges Moustaki (1974)

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  May 26: Hildegard Krekel (2010)

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  May 28: Eddi Arent (1971)

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  June 16: Hans Hass

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  June 19: James Gandolfini (2011)

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  July 13: Cory Monteith (2010)

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  July 23: Djalma Santos (2008)

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  July 30: Berthold Beitz (1986)

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  August 19: Fritz Rau (2006)

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  August 30: Seamus Heaney (2009)

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  September 12: Otto Sander (2008)

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  September 18: Marcel Reich-Ranicki (2009)

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  October 7: Patrice Chéreau (2009)

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  October 24: Manolo Escobar (2010)

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  October 27: Lou Reed

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  November 17: Doris Lessing (2006)

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  November 20: Dieter Hildebrandt (2010)

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  November 29: Chris Howland (2009)

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  November 30: Paul Walker (2009)

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  December 5: Nelson Mandela (2008)

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  December 29: Wojciech Kilar (2006)

Web links

Commons : 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: 2013  - in the news

• Annual review from tagesschau.de
• Annual chronicle of the House of History of the FRG
• Anniversaries 2013 Overview of the German Broadcasting Archive; PDF, German, 168 pp.
• MindNode 2013 calendar 12 months, four quarters, free Saturdays and Sundays at the beginning and end of the month at a glance. In addition, the essential 12 calendar weeks, spread over 12 months.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Spiegel Online : Civil War: UN speaks of thousands dead in South Sudan , December 24, 2013.
2. ↑ Limburg Bishop Tebartz-van Elst: The statement of the Vatican in full , Spiegel Online , October 23, 2013
3. ↑ mersin2013.gov.tr: Homepage of the Mediterranean Games 2013 ( Memento from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish, English, French)
4. ^ "Sad Sunday": Fire inferno in the "Kiss" nightclub ( Memento from January 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Xinhua : 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits SW China's Sichuan ( Memento from May 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) from April 20, 2013
6. ↑ cf. z. B. dradio.de, news from October 21, 2013, 11 p.m.
7. ^ Prize Announcement Dates , Official Nobel Prize Website (accessed October 7, 2013).
8. ↑ "A German and two Americans win the Nobel Prize for Medicine" at Spiegel Online , October 7, 2013.
9. ↑ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 (PDF; 172 kB) press release
10. ↑ UN Resolution A / RES / 65/154 of December 20, 2010 (PDF, Engl.)
11. ↑ Description by the German UNESCO Commission (Ger.)
12. ↑ UN Resolution A / RES / 66/221 of December 22, 2011 (PDF, Engl.)
13. ↑ nabu.de: The Common Snipe - Bird of the Year 2013
14. ^ Foundation for Nature Conservation Hamburg: Flower of the Year 2013 ( Memento from January 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ arnstadt.thueringer-allgemeine.de: Knabenkraut in Arnstadt named Orchid of the Year Article from October 22, 2012
16. ↑ BUND NRW Nature Conservation Foundation: Butterfly of the year 2013: Swamp meadow mother-of-pearl butterfly
17. ^ Association of German Sport Fishermen e. V .: Fish of the Year 2013 The Trout ( Memento from January 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ Board of Trustees Tree of the Year: The wild apple is tree of the year 2013
19. ↑ German Society for Herpetology and Terrarium Science: Reptile of the Year 2013: The Smooth Snake ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ German Society for Mycology: 2013: Entoloma incanum (Fr .: Fr.) Hesler, Braungrüner Zärtling
21. ↑ Germany's Friends of Nature
22. ↑ The Helme is river landscape of the year 2012/2013 . anglerverband.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
23. ↑ Overview of the anniversaries 2013, published by the German Broadcasting Archive ( Memento from August 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 923 kB), accessed on October 20, 2012
24. ↑ see recording studio # story
25. ↑ History of Radio Show on ifa-berlin.com ( Memento of 16 January 2013, Internet Archive ) PDF, accessed on 20 October 2012