Page 2: Historical Events In December - 13

1732  Jean-Claude Trial, composer   

1734  England and Russia sign trade agreement   

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59.   

1740  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer   

1742  Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes.   

1759  1st music store in America opens (Phila).   

1769  Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.   

1769  C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54.   

1770  John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer.   

1774  inaugural incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH   

1774  1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William and Mary, NH   

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63.   

1797  Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer is born   

1797  Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt).   

1810  Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)   

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68.   

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79.   

1816  Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston.   

1816  Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882.   

1818  Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65).   

1819  Edwin George Monk, composer.   

1823  Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London.   

1833  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia   

1835  Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem)   

1838  Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer.   

1843  "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6000 copies sold   

1843  George Stephanescu, composer.   

1847  In this year, Emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'   

1850  G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ).   

1853  Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter.   

1858  Jakab Gyula Major, composer.   

1861  Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV.   

1862  Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North   

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1521  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1585  On this day in history birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

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

1662  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.   

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

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on December - 13.   

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

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