Famous Birthdays In August - 13

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

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 13 birth of william Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)  

1692  On this day in history birth of anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer  

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1700  Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.  

1704  On August - 13 birth of lorenzo Fago, composer  

1717  On August - 13 birth of christoph Nichelsmann, German composer  

1717  On this day in history birth of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)  

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

1747  On August - 13 birth of adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer  

1748  Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 13.  

1790  On this day in history birth of william Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of karoly Thern, composer  

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

1819  On this day in history birth of george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)  

1820  George Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer was born on August - 13.  

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 this day in history.  

1826  On August - 13 birth of william Thomas Best, composer  

1831  On August - 13 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  On this day in history radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on August - 13.