Births on December 13

James Scarlett Abinger, English judge (d. 1844)

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger (13 December 1769 – 17 April 1844), was an English lawyer, politician and judge.

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Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.