Historical Events In August - 13
Thursday, 26 May 2022
1704 On August - 13 lorenzo Fago, composer
1705 On August - 13 battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany
1713 On this day in history king Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia
1717 On August - 13 christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1721 On this day in history francis Ireland, composer
1732 Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris on August - 13.
1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam on August - 13.
1747 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer on this day in history.
1748 On this day in history pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot
1749 On August - 13 j E Schlegel, writer, dies
1756 The birth of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV on August - 13.
1762 On this day in history john Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64
1777 American explosive device made by David Bushnell explodes near British vessel off New London, CT on August - 13.
1784 On August - 13 english parliament accept India Act
1787 On August - 13 isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies
1788 On this day in history prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
1792 On August - 13 revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette
1799 On this day in history english fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
1802 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) on this day in history.
1808 On August - 13 henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81
1814 On August - 13 cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch
1817 On August - 13 karoly Thern, composer
1818 Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn) on this day in history.
1819 George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) on this day in history.
1820 On August - 13 george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer
1826 On August - 13 william Thomas Best, composer
1831 On this day in history nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia
1831 On this day in history salomon Jaoassohn, composer
1840 On this day in history giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)
1841 Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) on this day in history.
1841 Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 on August - 13.
1844 Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs on this day in history.
1846 On this day in history joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA
1851 On this day in history john Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937
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