Historical Events In August - 13
Friday, 22 September 2023
1704 On August - 13 lorenzo Fago, composer
1705 On this day in history battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany
1713 King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia on this day in history.
1717 On this day in history christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1721 Francis Ireland, composer on August - 13.
1732 On this day in history voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris
1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam on this day in history.
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 J E Schlegel, writer, dies on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1792 Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette on August - 13.
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 On August - 13 henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81
1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch on August - 13.
1817 On this day in history karoly Thern, composer
1818 On August - 13 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 On this day in history william Thomas Best, composer
1831 On this day in history 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 this day in history bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73
1844 Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs on August - 13.
1846 On this day in history 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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