Historical Events In August - 13
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1704 On this day in history lorenzo Fago, composer
1705 Battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany on August - 13.
1713 On August - 13 king Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia
1717 On August - 13 christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1721 Francis Ireland, composer on this day in history.
1732 On August - 13 voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris
1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam on this day in history.
1747 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer on August - 13.
1748 On this day in history pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot
1749 J E Schlegel, writer, dies on August - 13.
1756 The birth of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV on August - 13.
1762 John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1777 On August - 13 american explosive device made by David Bushnell explodes near British vessel off New London, CT.
1784 English parliament accept India Act on this day in history.
1787 Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies on August - 13.
1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 on this day in history.
1792 On August - 13 revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette
1799 On August - 13 english fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
1802 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) on this day in history.
1808 Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on August - 13.
1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch on this day in history.
1817 Karoly Thern, composer on August - 13.
1818 On this day in history lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
1819 On this day in history george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)
1820 On this day in history george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer
1826 On this day in history william Thomas Best, composer
1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia on this day in history.
1831 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer on August - 13.
1840 On August - 13 giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)
1841 On August - 13 unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)
1841 Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs.
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 this day in history.
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