Historical Events In December - 13

1732  On December - 13 jean-Claude Trial, composer  

1734  England & Russia sign trade agreement on December - 13.  

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 December - 13 dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter  

1769  On December - 13 c F Gellert, writer, dies at 54  

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

1774  On December - 13 first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH  

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

1774  On December - 13 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50  

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

1810  On this day in history clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)  

1812  On this day in history marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68  

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston  

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  Edwin George Monk, composer on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini arrives in London  

1833  On December - 13 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia  

1835  On December - 13 phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem)  

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

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

1843  George Stephanescu, composer on this day in history.  

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

1850  G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) on December - 13.  

1853  Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history jakab Gyula Major, composer  

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

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

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

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

1640  On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)  

1662  On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

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

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.  

1204  On this day in history 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  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)