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Fort Neoheroka historical marker near Snow Hill, NC[/caption]
In the year 1713, Swedish troops are defeated by the Ottoman Empire in Moldova (Feb 1), Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, ending the Tuscarora nation’s military strength (Mar 23), Spain cedes Gibraltar and Menorca to Britain (Mar 27), French residents of Acadia in eastern North America are given one year to declare allegiance to Great Britain, or leave Nova Scotia (Jun 23), the Tuscarora War between the settlers and the Tuscarora tribe goes on in North Carolina - and all these fine people were born:
1713-0102 Marie Dumesnil* (b Marchand) actress - Paris, France (1803/90) 1713-0113 Charlotte Charke* (b Cibber) actress/playwright/noted transvestite - England (1760/47) 1713-0213 Domènec Terradellas (B) Catalan opera composer - Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain (1751/38) 1713-0220 Anna Maria Elvia* feminist writer/academic - Sweden (1784/71) 1713-0315 Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille* astronomer - Rumigny, France (1762/49) 1713-0328 Juan Nentvig* priest/anthropologist active in Mexico - Schlessen, Germany (1768/55) 1713-0407 Nicola Sala* Italian composer/musical theorist - Tocco Caudio, Campania (1801/88) 1713-0502 Thomas Bond* physician/co-founder of the first hospital in America - Calvert County, Province of Maryland, British America (1784/70) 1713-0616 Meshech Weare* farmer/lawyer/ first President of New Hampshire - Third Parish, Province of New Hampshire, British America (1786/72) 1713-0709 John Newbery* bookseller/publisher/“The Father of Children’s Literature”- Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, England (1767/54) 1713-0827 Anton August Beck* engraver - Braunschweig, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (1787/73) 1713-0914 Johann Kies* astronomer/mathematician - Tübingen, Germany (1781/67) 1713-0923 Ferdinand VI of Spain* King of Spain (1746-1759) - Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (1759/45) 1713-1013 Allan Ramsay* painter - Edinburgh, Scotland (1784/70) 1713-1124 Junípero Serra* priest/founder of a mission in Baja California - Petra, Majorca, Spain (1784/70) 1713-1227 Giovanni Battista Borra* architect/engineer - Dogliani, Italy (1770/56) 1713-1228 Matti Honka* (b Lillhonga) church builder - Kokkola, Sweden-Finland (1777/63) Updated 22.6.2021 Search for another year here