Historical Events In August - 13

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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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 August - 13.  

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

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.  

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.  

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

0900  On August - 13 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 August - 13.  

1382  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on August - 13.