Historical Events In January - 13

0533  On this day in history remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96  

0858  On this day in history aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies  

0888  On this day in history charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies  

0888  Duke Odo becomes king of West-France on this day in history.  

1049  On January - 13 derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle  

1099  Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria on this day in history.  

1177  On this day in history hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies  

1307  Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1330  Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies on this day in history.  

1381  St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares) on January - 13.  

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1406  On this day in history matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile)  

1488  On January - 13 hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried  

1505  Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg) on January - 13.  

1547  Earl Henry Howard of Surrey sentenced to death on this day in history.  

1559  Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter  

1599  Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46 on this day in history.  

1605  The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison on this day in history.  

1607  The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter  

1616  Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic on January - 13.  

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta) on this day in history.  

1625  Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies on January - 13.  

1630  On this day in history patent to Plymouth Colony issued  

1651  On this day in history abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86  

1673  Jean Racine's "Mithridate," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1682  Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55 on January - 13.  

1683  Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer on this day in history.  

1690  Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer on this day in history.  

1691  On January - 13 george Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66  

1695  On this day in history jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland  

1702  On January - 13 peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41  

1727  Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer on January - 13.  

1733  On this day in history james Oglethorpe &130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC  

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1334  King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379) was born on January - 13.  

1381  On this day in history birth of st Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)  

1406  Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile) was born on this day in history.  

1505  On this day in history birth of joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)  

1562  On January - 13 birth of mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)  

1596  On January - 13 birth of jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter  

1610  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)  

1616  Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic was born on January - 13.  

0086  Death of Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC) on this day in history.  

0533  Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96 on January - 13.  

0858  Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies on this day in history.  

0888  Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies on this day in history.  

1049  On this day in history derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle  

1138  On this day in history death of simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)  

1151  On January - 13 death of abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)  

1177  On January - 13 hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies