Famous Deaths In August - 13

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.  

0587  On August - 13 radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on August - 13.  

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

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

1382  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on August - 13.  

1523  On August - 13 death of gerard David, Flemish painter  

1617  Death of Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540) on this day in history.  

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1637  Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies on August - 13.  

1667  Death of Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613) on August - 13.  

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 August - 13.  

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

1787  Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies on August - 13.  

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

1826  Death of René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781) on this day in history.  

1841  On August - 13 bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73  

1860  On this day in history danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies  

1863  On August - 13 death of eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)  

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 this day in history christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies  

1896  John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1897  On August - 13 antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63  

1908  On this day in history ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67  

1910  On August - 13 florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90  

1912  Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 on August - 13.  

1913  On August - 13 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  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on this day in history.  

1422  On this day in history birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)  

1584  On August - 13 birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)  

1617  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist  

1625  On August - 13 birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)  

1655  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)  

1662  Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on August - 13.