Famous Deaths In August - 13

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on this day in history.   

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0662  On this day in history maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies   

0900  On August - 13 zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29   

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on August - 13.   

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1278  On this day in history daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65   

1382  On August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)   

1523  On August - 13 death of gerard David, Flemish painter   

1617  Death of Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540) on August - 13.   

1637  Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies on August - 13.   

1667  Death of Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613) on this day in history.   

1674  Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35 on August - 13.   

1686  Death of Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610) on this day in history.   

1721  Death of Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history death of john Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)   

1749  On August - 13 j E Schlegel, writer, dies   

1762  John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 on August - 13.   

1787  On this day in history isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies   

1808  On August - 13 henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81   

1826  Death of René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781) on August - 13.   

1841  On this day in history bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73   

1860  On August - 13 danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies   

1863  On this day in history death of eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)   

1865  Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47 on August - 13.   

1886  Adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1895  Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies on this day in history.   

1896  John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63   

1908  On this day in history ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67   

1910  On this day in history florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90   

1912  Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 on August - 13.   

1913  F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies on August - 13.   

1916  On August - 13 fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61   

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.   

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.   

1584  On August - 13 birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  On August - 13 birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

1655  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)