Famous Deaths In August - 13

0586  On August - 13 death of radegund, wife of Clotaire I  

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on August - 13.  

0662  On August - 13 maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies  

0900  On August - 13 zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29  

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on this day in history.  

1191  On August - 13 philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on August - 13.  

1382  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on this day in history.  

1523  Death of Gerard David, Flemish painter on August - 13.  

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 August - 13.  

1667  On August - 13 death of jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)  

1674  On this day in history 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  Death of Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) on this day in history.  

1744  On August - 13 death of john Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)  

1749  J E Schlegel, writer, dies on August - 13.  

1762  John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 on August - 13.  

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

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on August - 13.  

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

1841  Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

1865  Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

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

1896  John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 on August - 13.  

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

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

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.  

1617  On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist  

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  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)