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Famous Deaths In February - 13

Monday, 20 May 2013

1130 Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on this day in history.

1141 On this day in history death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)

1199 Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies on this day in history.

1219 On this day in history death of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)

1237 On this day in history death of jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns

1315 Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on this day in history.

1332 On this day in history andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies

1539 On this day in history death of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (b. 1474)

1542 On this day in history death of catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded

1585 Death of Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (b. 1515) on this day in history.

1592 Death of Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter on this day in history.

1600 On this day in history death of gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b. 1538)

1602 On this day in history alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies

1608 Death of Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian prince (b. 1526) on this day in history.

1624 Death of Stephen Gosson, English satirist (b. 1554) on this day in history.

1629 Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.

1635 On this day in history georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50

1660 Charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37 on this day in history.

1662 Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I, dies at 65 on this day in history.

1693 Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.

1724 On this day in history francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43

1727 Death of William Wotton, English scholar (b. 1666) on this day in history.

1728 Death of Cotton Mather, American Puritan minister (b. 1663) on this day in history.

1732 Death of Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1640) on this day in history.

1741 Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80 on this day in history.

1784 On this day in history charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies

1787 On this day in history death of ruđer Bošković, Croatian scientist and diplomat (b. 1711)

1798 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24 on this day in history.

1813 Death of Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (b. 1725) on this day in history.

1814 On this day in history augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69

1818 On this day in history death of george Rogers Clark, American military leader (b. 1752)

1826 On this day in history death of petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (b. 1745)

1837 On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809

1841 Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1440 Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on this day in history.

1457 On this day in history birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)

1480 Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.

1599 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) was born on this day in history.

1610 Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists was born on this day in history.

1622 On this day in history birth of adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized

1658 Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter was born on this day in history.

1660 Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on this day in history.