Famous Deaths In January - 13

0086  Death of Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC) on this day in history.  

0533  Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96 on January - 13.  

0858  On January - 13 aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies  

0888  On January - 13 charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies  

1049  Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1138  On January - 13 death of simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)  

1151  Death of Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081) on January - 13.  

1177  Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies on January - 13.  

1307  On January - 13 arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies  

1330  Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies on this day in history.  

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1363  Death of Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344) on January - 13.  

1488  On this day in history death of hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried  

1599  On January - 13 edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46  

1625  On this day in history pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies  

1630  Death of Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584) on this day in history.  

1651  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86 on January - 13.  

1658  On this day in history death of edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)  

1682  On January - 13 simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55  

1691  On this day in history george Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66  

1702  On this day in history peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41  

1762  Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1766  On January - 13 death of king Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)  

1790  On this day in history death of luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)  

1795  On this day in history francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73  

1796  Death of John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) on January - 13.  

1797  On January - 13 elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81  

1828  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80 on January - 13.  

1832  On this day in history death of thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755)  

1838  Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 on January - 13.  

1853  Death of Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783) on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history death of william Mason, American politician (b. 1786)  

1864  On this day in history stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY  

1879  On this day in history wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58  

1882  On this day in history death of wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)  

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1334  King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379) was born on this day in history.  

1381  On this day in history birth of st Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)  

1406  On this day in history birth of matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile)  

1505  On this day in history birth of joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)  

1562  Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) was born on January - 13.  

1596  On this day in history birth of jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter  

1610  On January - 13 birth of maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)  

1616  On January - 13 birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic