Historical Events In August - 13
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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