Page 3: Historical Events In December - 13

1862  On December - 13 battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)   

1862  Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 on December - 13.   

1863  Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar on December - 13.   

1863  On this day in history friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50   

1864  On December - 13 battle of Ft McAllister, GA   

1865  On this day in history gustav Luders, composer   

1871  On this day in history herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian   

1872  On December - 13 helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut   

1874  On December - 13 ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)   

1877  On December - 13 mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer   

1879  First federal fish hatching steamer launched (Wilmington Delaware) on December - 13.   

1879  On this day in history 1st federal fish hatching steamer lauched (Wilmington Delaware)   

1881  August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1886  On December - 13 lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law)   

1889  On this day in history belgium rules on women/child labor law   

1889  Clarence Loomis, composer on December - 13.   

1890  Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please) on December - 13.   

1892  Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon) on December - 13.   

1893  Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day) on this day in history.   

1894  Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 on December - 13.   

1895  On this day in history 1st complete execution of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony   

1897  Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson) on December - 13.   

1898  On this day in history first passenger train over the newly reconstructed Victoria Railway Bridge, Montreal. The original 1859 tube had been replaced by a double track steel bridge.   

1898  On this day in history daniel Lazarus, composer   

1898  George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72 on December - 13.   

1899  Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild) on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 13 battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten   

1900  Jonel Perlea, composer on this day in history.   

1901  Test debut of S F Barnes v Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings on this day in history.   

1901  Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS] on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history paul Kurzbach, composer   

1903  On December - 13 italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone (NJ)   

1903  On this day in history italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ)   

1903  On December - 13 carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)   

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1521  On this day in history birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)   

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on December - 13.   

1553  On December - 13 birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on December - 13.   

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.   

1678  On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)   

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on December - 13.   

1048  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.   

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on this day in history.   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on December - 13.   

1404  On December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)