Page 2: Historical Events In December - 13

1732  On December - 13 jean-Claude Trial, composer   

1734  On this day in history england & Russia sign trade agreement   

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

1740  On December - 13 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer   

1742  Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1770  John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer on December - 13.   

1774  First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on December - 13.   

1774  On this day in history 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH   

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1797  The birth of Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer on this day in history.   

1797  Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt) on this day in history.   

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

1812  On December - 13 marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68   

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 on December - 13.   

1816  On December - 13 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  Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65) on December - 13.   

1819  Edwin George Monk, composer on this day in history.   

1823  Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London on this day in history.   

1833  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia on December - 13.   

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

1838  On this day in history marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer   

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

1843  George Stephanescu, composer on December - 13.   

1847  Emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights' on December - 13.   

1850  On December - 13 g F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )   

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

1858  Jakab Gyula Major, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1553  On December - 13 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  On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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)