Historical Events In August - 13

1704  On this day in history lorenzo Fago, composer   

1705  Battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history king Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia   

1717  On August - 13 christoph Nichelsmann, German composer   

1721  On August - 13 francis Ireland, composer   

1732  Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris on August - 13.   

1740  On August - 13 hunger strike in Rotterdam   

1747  Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer on August - 13.   

1748  On this day in history pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot   

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

1756  The birth of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV on this day in history.   

1762  On August - 13 john Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64   

1777  American explosive device made by David Bushnell explodes near British vessel off New London, CT on this day in history.   

1784  On August - 13 english parliament accept India Act   

1787  Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies on this day in history.   

1788  Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 on this day in history.   

1792  On August - 13 revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette   

1799  On August - 13 english fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname   

1802  Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) on August - 13.   

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on August - 13.   

1814  Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch on this day in history.   

1817  Karoly Thern, composer on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)   

1819  On August - 13 george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)   

1820  George Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer on this day in history.   

1826  On August - 13 william Thomas Best, composer   

1831  Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia on this day in history.   

1831  Salomon Jaoassohn, composer on August - 13.   

1840  On August - 13 giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)   

1841  Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) on this day in history.   

1841  Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 on August - 13.   

1844  Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs on August - 13.   

1846  On August - 13 joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA   

1851  John Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937 on August - 13.   

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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  On August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.   

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

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

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

1662  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)   

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.   

0587  On August - 13 radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1191  On this day in history philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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

1382  On this day in history death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)