Historical Events For December - 13

1732  On December - 13 jean-Claude Trial, composer  

1734  On December - 13 england & Russia sign trade agreement  

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

1740  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer on December - 13.  

1742  On this day in history willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes  

1759  1st music store in America opens (Phila) on this day in history.  

1769  Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter on this day in history.  

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

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

1774  First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on this day in history.  

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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 December - 13.  

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on December - 13.  

1797  On December - 13 the birth of Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer  

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

1810  On December - 13 clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)  

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem)  

1838  On December - 13 marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer  

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

1843  On December - 13 george Stephanescu, composer  

1847  On December - 13 emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'  

1850  On this day in history g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )  

1853  Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter on December - 13.  

1858  Jakab Gyula Major, composer on December - 13.  

1861  Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV on this day in history.  

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

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1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)  

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on December - 13.  

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

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

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.  

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

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

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

0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

1048  On this day in history 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 December - 13 hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

1404  On December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)