Famous Personalities Born In August - 13
Friday, 17 January 2025
0582 On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
1311 On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
1422 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)
1662 On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
1666 On August - 13 birth of william Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1692 On August - 13 birth of anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer
1700 Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) was born on August - 13.
1704 Lorenzo Fago, composer was born on August - 13.
1717 Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer was born on this day in history.
1717 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) was born on August - 13.
1721 Francis Ireland, composer was born on this day in history.
1747 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer was born on this day in history.
1748 Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot was born on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history birth of marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
1764 Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816) was born on August - 13.
1790 William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872) was born on August - 13.
1792 On August - 13 birth of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
1802 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) was born on August - 13.
1803 Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.
1814 Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of karoly Thern, composer
1818 On August - 13 birth of lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
1819 George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) was born on this day in history.
1820 George Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer was born on August - 13.
1820 On this day in history birth of joseph Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet (Dietsche Warande)
1823 On this day in history birth of goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1826 William Thomas Best, composer was born on August - 13.
1831 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer was born on this day in history.
1840 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) was born on this day in history.
1841 On August - 13 birth of unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)