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  King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia on August - 13.   

1717  Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer on this day in history.   

1721  On August - 13 francis Ireland, composer   

1732  On this day in history voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris   

1740  On August - 13 hunger strike in Rotterdam   

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

1748  On August - 13 pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot   

1749  J E Schlegel, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1756  On August - 13 the birth of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV   

1762  John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1784  English parliament accept India Act on August - 13.   

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

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  Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette on August - 13.   

1799  English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname on August - 13.   

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

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1814  On August - 13 cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch   

1817  Karoly Thern, composer on this day in history.   

1818  On August - 13 lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)   

1819  George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) on August - 13.   

1820  On this day in history george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer   

1826  William Thomas Best, composer on August - 13.   

1831  On this day in history nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia   

1831  On this day in history salomon Jaoassohn, composer   

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

1841  On August - 13 unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)   

1841  Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1844  Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs on this day in history.   

1846  Joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA on August - 13.   

1851  On August - 13 john Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937   

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0582  On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

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)   

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

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on August - 13.   

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on this day in history.   

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on August - 13.   

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

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 13.   

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on August - 13.   

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