Famous Deaths In August - 13

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on this day in history.  

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on this day in history.  

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 August - 13.  

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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  Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1686  Death of Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610) on August - 13.  

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

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

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 August - 13.  

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  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies on August - 13.  

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

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

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

1895  Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies on this day in history.  

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

1910  Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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  On August - 13 fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61  

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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  On August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)  

1584  On this day in history 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  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.