Famous Birthdays In December - 13

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

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.  

1662  On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.  

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  

1724  On December - 13 birth of aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist  

1732  On December - 13 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1804  Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873) was born on December - 13.  

1810  Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1836  Franz von Lenbach, German painter (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

1838  Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history birth of george Stephanescu, composer  

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

1850  Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer was born on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history birth of joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter  

1856  On December - 13 birth of svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1920)  

1858  On this day in history birth of jakab Gyula Major, composer  

1860  On December - 13 birth of lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925)  

1863  On December - 13 birth of johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar  

1864  On December - 13 birth of emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)  

1865  On December - 13 birth of gustav Luders, composer  

1867  On this day in history birth of kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917)  

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0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.  

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)