Famous Birthdays In December - 13

1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)   

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on this day in history.   

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  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.   

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  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history birth of aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist   

1732  On this day in history birth of jean-Claude Trial, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer   

1770  John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer was born on December - 13.   

1784  Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864) was born on December - 13.   

1797  Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt) was born on this day in history.   

1804  On December - 13 birth of joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873)   

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

1816  On December - 13 birth of clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882   

1816  E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor was born on December - 13.   

1818  Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65) was born on December - 13.   

1819  Edwin George Monk, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 13 birth of george Stephanescu, composer   

1850  G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) was born on December - 13.   

1850  On December - 13 birth of iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer   

1853  Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter was born on December - 13.   

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  On December - 13 birth of lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925)   

1863  Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar was born on December - 13.   

1864  Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947) was born on December - 13.   

1865  On December - 13 birth of gustav Luders, composer   

1867  Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

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0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

1048  On this day in history al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

1124  On December - 13 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  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

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

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)