Famous Birthdays In August - 13

0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on this day in history.  

1311  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)  

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.  

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)  

1662  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)  

1666  William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727) was born on this day in history.  

1692  Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1704  On August - 13 birth of lorenzo Fago, composer  

1717  Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer was born on August - 13.  

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

1721  Francis Ireland, composer was born on this day in history.  

1747  Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1752  Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814) was born on August - 13.  

1764  On this day in history birth of louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)  

1790  William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872) was born on August - 13.  

1792  Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.  

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

1803  On this day in history birth of vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)  

1814  On August - 13 birth of anders Jonas Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)  

1817  Karoly Thern, composer was born on August - 13.  

1818  On August - 13 birth of lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)  

1819  On August - 13 birth of george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)  

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 this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history birth of salomon Jaoassohn, composer  

1840  On this day in history birth of giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)  

1841  On this day in history birth of unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)  

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

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on August - 13.  

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

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  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)