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  Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies on January - 13.  

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  Death of Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076) on this day in history.  

1151  Death of Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081) on this day in history.  

1177  On this day in history hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies  

1307  On this day in history arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies  

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

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1363  On January - 13 death of meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)  

1488  On January - 13 death of hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried  

1599  Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46 on this day in history.  

1625  Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies on this day in history.  

1630  Death of Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584) on January - 13.  

1651  On this day in history abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86  

1658  On January - 13 death of edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)  

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

1691  On January - 13 george Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66  

1702  Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41 on January - 13.  

1762  On January - 13 leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68  

1766  On this day in history death of king Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)  

1790  On January - 13 death of luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)  

1795  On January - 13 francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73  

1796  Death of John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1832  Death of Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755) on this day in history.  

1838  On January - 13 ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53  

1853  On this day in history death of theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)  

1860  Death of William Mason, American politician (b. 1786) on January - 13.  

1864  Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY on this day in history.  

1879  WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on January - 13.  

1882  Death of Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

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1334  On January - 13 birth of king Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)  

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

1406  Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile) was born on January - 13.  

1505  Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg) was born on this day in history.  

1562  Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic