Famous Birthdays In August - 13

0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.  

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on this day in history.  

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)  

1617  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist  

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on August - 13.  

1662  Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on August - 13.  

1666  On this day in history birth of william Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)  

1692  Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer was born on August - 13.  

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1700  On August - 13 birth of heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)  

1704  Lorenzo Fago, composer was born on this day in history.  

1717  Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer was born on this day in history.  

1717  Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) was born on August - 13.  

1721  On August - 13 birth of francis Ireland, composer  

1747  On this day in history birth of adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer  

1748  On this day in history birth of pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot  

1752  On this day in history birth of marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)  

1764  Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.  

1790  William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.  

1792  Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849) was born on August - 13.  

1802  Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) was born on August - 13.  

1803  Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) was born on August - 13.  

1814  On this day in history birth of anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)  

1817  On August - 13 birth of karoly Thern, composer  

1818  Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn) was born on this day in history.  

1819  George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) was born on August - 13.  

1820  On August - 13 birth of george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer  

1820  On August - 13 birth of joseph Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet (Dietsche Warande)  

1823  Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910) was born on August - 13.  

1826  On this day in history birth of william Thomas Best, composer  

1831  Salomon Jaoassohn, composer was born on this day in history.  

1840  Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) was born on this day in history.  

1841  Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) was born on this day in history.  

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0586  On this day in history death of radegund, wife of Clotaire I  

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on this day in history.  

0662  On August - 13 maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies  

0900  On August - 13 zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29  

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on August - 13.  

1191  On August - 13 philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1278  On August - 13 daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65  

1382  On August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)