Historical Events Happened In December - 13

1732  On this day in history jean-Claude Trial, composer  

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

1738  On December - 13 gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59  

1740  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer on this day in history.  

1742  Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes on December - 13.  

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  On this day in history c F Gellert, writer, dies at 54  

1770  John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer on this day in history.  

1774  On this day in history 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  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on December - 13.  

1793  On December - 13 johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63  

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

1797  On this day in history 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 December - 13.  

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

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

1816  On December - 13 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 December - 13.  

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

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

1843  On December - 13 george Stephanescu, composer  

1847  On this day in history emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'  

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

1853  On this day in history joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter  

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 December - 13.  

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

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

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

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.  

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 December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

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

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