Historical Events Happened In December - 13

1732  Jean-Claude Trial, composer on December - 13.  

1734  On December - 13 england & Russia sign trade agreement  

1738  On this day in history gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59  

1740  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer  

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  On December - 13 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  First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on December - 13.  

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

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on December - 13.  

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

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

1797  Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt) on December - 13.  

1810  Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty) on this day in history.  

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  On December - 13 patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston  

1816  Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882 on December - 13.  

1818  Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65) on December - 13.  

1819  Edwin George Monk, composer on December - 13.  

1823  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini arrives in London  

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 December - 13.  

1838  Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer on December - 13.  

1843  On this day in history "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold  

1843  On this day in history 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  On December - 13 joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter  

1858  On this day in history jakab Gyula Major, composer  

1861  Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV on December - 13.  

1862  Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North on this day in history.  

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

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

1553  On December - 13 birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

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  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.  

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1124  On December - 13 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  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.