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  On this day in history maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies   

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

1134  On August - 13 irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies   

1191  On this day in history 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.   

1637  On this day in history dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies   

1667  Death of Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613) on this day in history.   

1674  Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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

1721  Death of Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) on this day in history.   

1744  Death of John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678) on August - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798) on August - 13.   

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

1886  Adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62 on August - 13.   

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

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

1897  On this day in history 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  Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 13.   

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)