Historical Events In July - 13

1793  French rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday on July - 13.   

1793  On July - 13 jean Paul Marat French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday   

1793  On this day in history jean Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French revolution, is murdered   

1793  John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar) on July - 13.   

1793  Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday on July - 13.   

1794  Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria on this day in history.   

1811  The birth of George G. Scott, British architect on July - 13.   

1813  On July - 13 johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67   

1815  On July - 13 james Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880   

1816  On this day in history gustav Freytag, writer   

1820  Commencement of the trial in Stirling for High Treason of the Radicals captured at the Battle of Bonnymuir. Two of the accused, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, were subsequently executed on 8 September 1820 on this day in history.   

1821  On July - 13 nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard   

1826  Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro) on this day in history.   

1832  On July - 13 source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)   

1836  US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels on July - 13.   

1837  Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace on this day in history.   

1837  On July - 13 queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace   

1844  On July - 13 johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66   

1850  On this day in history hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30)   

1851  John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton on July - 13.   

1854  US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1859  Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter on this day in history.   

1860  John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69 on July - 13.   

1861  On July - 13 battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford)   

1861  On this day in history robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

1862  Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die   

1863  On July - 13 beginning of the New York draft riots, regarded as the worst in United States history.   

1863  USS Wyoming battled Japanese warlord's forces on July - 13.   

1863  Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells) on July - 13.   

1863  On this day in history john S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32   

1864  On this day in history early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley   

1865  Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history pT Barnum's museum burns down   

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1396  On July - 13 birth of philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy   

1527  On this day in history birth of john Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician   

1527  John Dee, English scientist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history birth of arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)   

1590  On this day in history birth of clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76)   

1607  On July - 13 birth of václav Hollar, Bohemian-born artist (d. 1677)   

1608  Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) was born on July - 13.   

1745  On July - 13 birth of robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818)   

0574  John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies on this day in history.   

0939  Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies on this day in history.   

1024  Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies on this day in history.   

1105  Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies on this day in history.   

1205  On this day in history death of hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England   

1309  Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1357  On this day in history death of bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)   

1380  On this day in history bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60