Page 2: Historical Events In August - 13

1704  On this day in history lorenzo Fago, composer   

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

1713  King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia on this day in history.   

1717  On August - 13 christoph Nichelsmann, German composer   

1721  Francis Ireland, composer on August - 13.   

1732  Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1740  On August - 13 hunger strike in Rotterdam   

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

1762  On August - 13 john Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64   

1777  American explosive device made by David Bushnell explodes near British vessel off New London, CT on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history english parliament accept India Act   

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

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  On August - 13 english fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname   

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

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

1820  George Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer on this day in history.   

1826  William Thomas Best, composer on this day in history.   

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

1831  On August - 13 salomon Jaoassohn, composer   

1840  On this day in history giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)   

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

1841  Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 on August - 13.   

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

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

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on this day in history.   

1422  On August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)   

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.   

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.   

1625  On August - 13 birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

1655  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)   

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.   

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

0662  On this day in history maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies   

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.   

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on this day in history.   

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 13.   

1278  On August - 13 daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65   

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