Page 2: Historical Events In August - 13

1704  On this day in history lorenzo Fago, composer   

1705  Battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany on this day in history.   

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

1717  Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history francis Ireland, composer   

1732  On August - 13 voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris   

1740  Hunger strike in Rotterdam on August - 13.   

1747  Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer on this day in history.   

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

1749  On August - 13 j E Schlegel, writer, dies   

1756  On August - 13 the birth of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV   

1762  John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1784  English parliament accept India Act on August - 13.   

1787  On August - 13 isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies   

1788  On this day in history prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90   

1792  Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette on this day in history.   

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

1802  On this day in history nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)   

1808  On August - 13 henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81   

1814  On August - 13 cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch   

1817  Karoly Thern, composer on this day in history.   

1818  Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn) on this day in history.   

1819  On August - 13 george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)   

1820  On August - 13 george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer   

1826  William Thomas Best, composer on August - 13.   

1831  On this day in history nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia   

1831  On August - 13 salomon Jaoassohn, composer   

1840  Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros) on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)   

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  Joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA on August - 13.   

1851  On this day in history john Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937   

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.   

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  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)   

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

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on August - 13.   

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

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on August - 13.   

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

1191  On August - 13 philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1278  On this day in history daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65   

1382  On this day in history death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)