Famous Birthdays In August - 13

0582  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)  

1311  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)  

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

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.  

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  William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727) was born on August - 13.  

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

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1700  Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) was born on August - 13.  

1704  On August - 13 birth of lorenzo Fago, composer  

1717  On this day in history birth of christoph Nichelsmann, German composer  

1717  Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history birth of francis Ireland, composer  

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

1748  On August - 13 birth of pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot  

1752  On August - 13 birth of marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)  

1764  On August - 13 birth of louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)  

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

1792  On this day in history birth of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)  

1802  Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) was born on this day in history.  

1803  Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.  

1814  On August - 13 birth of anders Jonas Ã…ngström, 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 this day in history 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  William Thomas Best, composer was born on August - 13.  

1831  On August - 13 birth of salomon Jaoassohn, composer  

1840  Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) was born on August - 13.  

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

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0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.  

0587  On August - 13 radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies  

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on this day in history.  

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on August - 13.  

1134  On August - 13 irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies  

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on August - 13.  

1382  On this day in history death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)