Historical Events In December - 13

1732  Jean-Claude Trial, composer on this day in history.   

1734  On December - 13 england & Russia sign trade agreement   

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1740  On December - 13 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer   

1742  Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes on December - 13.   

1759  1st music store in America opens (Phila) on December - 13.   

1769  On this day in history dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter   

1769  C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54 on December - 13.   

1770  On this day in history john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer   

1774  On this day in history first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH   

1774  1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH on December - 13.   

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63   

1797  On this day in history the birth of Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer   

1797  On December - 13 heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)   

1810  Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty) on December - 13.   

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 on December - 13.   

1814  On this day in history charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79   

1816  Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston on December - 13.   

1816  On this day in history clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882   

1818  On December - 13 mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65)   

1819  On December - 13 edwin George Monk, composer   

1823  Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London on December - 13.   

1833  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia   

1835  Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem) on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer   

1843  On December - 13 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold   

1843  George Stephanescu, composer on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'   

1850  On December - 13 g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )   

1853  On this day in history joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter   

1858  Jakab Gyula Major, composer on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history battle of Alleghany Summit, WV   

1862  On this day in history battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North   

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On December - 13 birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)   

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on December - 13.   

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  On December - 13 birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)   

1678  On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)   

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on December - 13.   

1048  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

1124  On this day in history callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies   

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies   

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on this day in history.   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on December - 13.   

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.   

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.