Page 2: Historical Events In August - 13

1704  Lorenzo Fago, composer on August - 13.   

1705  Battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany on August - 13.   

1713  On this day in history king Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia   

1717  On this day in history christoph Nichelsmann, German composer   

1721  On August - 13 francis Ireland, composer   

1732  Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris on August - 13.   

1740  Hunger strike in Rotterdam on August - 13.   

1747  On August - 13 adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer   

1748  Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot on this day in history.   

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

1756  On this day in history the birth of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV   

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

1777  On August - 13 american explosive device made by David Bushnell explodes near British vessel off New London, CT.   

1784  On August - 13 english parliament accept India Act   

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

1788  Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 on August - 13.   

1792  On August - 13 revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette   

1799  English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname on August - 13.   

1802  Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) on this day in history.   

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch   

1817  Karoly Thern, composer on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)   

1819  George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer   

1826  William Thomas Best, composer on August - 13.   

1831  On August - 13 nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia   

1831  On this day in history salomon Jaoassohn, composer   

1840  Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) on August - 13.   

1841  Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) on August - 13.   

1841  On August - 13 bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73   

1844  Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs on this day in history.   

1846  On August - 13 joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA   

1851  John Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937 on August - 13.   

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0582  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  On this day in history birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

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  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on August - 13.   

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.   

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

0587  On August - 13 radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies   

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

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

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on August - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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