Historical Events In August - 13

1704  Lorenzo Fago, composer on this day in history.  

1705  On August - 13 battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany  

1713  King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia on August - 13.  

1717  Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer on August - 13.  

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

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

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 August - 13.  

1787  Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies on this day in history.  

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  On August - 13 revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette  

1799  English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname on this day in history.  

1802  On August - 13 nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)  

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on August - 13.  

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  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 August - 13 william Thomas Best, composer  

1831  Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia on this day in history.  

1831  On August - 13 salomon Jaoassohn, composer  

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

1841  Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1846  Joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA on this day in history.  

1851  On August - 13 john Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937  

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0582  On this day in history 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  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.  

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

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

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

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on this day in history.  

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

1134  On August - 13 irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies  

1191  On this day in history 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)