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 August - 13.  

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on August - 13.  

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

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

1278  On August - 13 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 this day in history.  

1523  On this day in history death of gerard David, Flemish painter  

1617  On August - 13 death of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)  

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1637  On August - 13 dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies  

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

1674  Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35 on August - 13.  

1686  On August - 13 death of louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610)  

1721  Death of Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) on August - 13.  

1744  On this day in history death of john Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)  

1749  On this day in history j E Schlegel, writer, dies  

1762  On this day in history john Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64  

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

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1826  On August - 13 death of rené Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)  

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

1860  On August - 13 danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies  

1863  On this day in history death of eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)  

1865  On August - 13 ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47  

1886  Adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1895  On this day in history christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies  

1896  On August - 13 john Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67  

1897  Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63 on August - 13.  

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  On August - 13 jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70  

1913  F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies on August - 13.  

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

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0582  On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)  

1311  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)  

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)  

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.  

1625  On this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)  

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on this day in history.  

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