Famous Birthdays In December - 13

1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on December - 13.  

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on December - 13.  

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on this day in history.  

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)  

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)  

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)  

1724  Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist was born on this day in history.  

1732  On December - 13 birth of jean-Claude Trial, composer  

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1740  Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer was born on December - 13.  

1770  On this day in history birth of john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer  

1784  Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.  

1797  On December - 13 birth of heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)  

1804  Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.  

1810  On December - 13 birth of clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)  

1816  Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882 was born on this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history birth of e Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor  

1818  On December - 13 birth of mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65)  

1819  On December - 13 birth of edwin George Monk, composer  

1835  Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem) was born on December - 13.  

1836  On this day in history birth of franz von Lenbach, German painter (d. 1904)  

1838  On December - 13 birth of marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer  

1843  George Stephanescu, composer was born on December - 13.  

1850  G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) was born on this day in history.  

1850  Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer was born on December - 13.  

1853  On December - 13 birth of joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter  

1856  Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1920) was born on December - 13.  

1858  On December - 13 birth of jakab Gyula Major, composer  

1860  Lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925) was born on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history birth of johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar  

1864  Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

1865  Gustav Luders, composer was born on this day in history.  

1867  Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917) was born on December - 13.  

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0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.  

1048  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

1124  On this day in history callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies  

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.  

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1404  On December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)