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 this day in history.  

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on August - 13.  

0900  On this day in history zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29  

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 August - 13.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 13.  

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

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

1841  On this day in history bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73  

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

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

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

1886  On August - 13 adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62  

1895  Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies on August - 13.  

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

1897  On this day in history antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63  

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

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

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

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  On August - 13 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 August - 13.  

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.  

1617  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)  

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