Famous Deaths In August - 13

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  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on August - 13.  

1134  On this day in history irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies  

1191  On this day in history philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1278  On this day in history daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65  

1382  On August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)  

1523  Death of Gerard David, Flemish painter on this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history death of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)  

1637  Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies on this day in history.  

1667  On this day in history death of jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)  

1674  On August - 13 lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35  

1686  Death of Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610) on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history death of jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)  

1744  Death of John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

1749  J E Schlegel, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1762  John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1787  Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81  

1826  Death of René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781) on August - 13.  

1841  On this day in history bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73  

1860  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies on this day in history.  

1863  Death of Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798) on this day in history.  

1865  Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47 on August - 13.  

1886  On this day in history adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62  

1895  On August - 13 christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies  

1896  On this day in history john Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67  

1897  Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1908  Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67 on August - 13.  

1910  Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 on August - 13.  

1912  On this day in history jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70  

1913  On this day in history f August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies  

1916  Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61 on August - 13.  

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.  

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 August - 13.  

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 August - 13.  

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.