Historical Events In January - 13

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

0858  Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies.   

0888  Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies.   

0888  Duke Odo is recorded as becoming king of West-France   

1049  Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle.   

1099  Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria   

1177  Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies.   

1307  Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies   

1330  Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies.   

1381  St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)   

1406  Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile).   

1488  Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried.   

1505  Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)   

1547  Earl Henry Howard of Surrey sentenced to death.   

1559  Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey.   

1596  Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter.   

1599  Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46   

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

1607  The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.   

1610  Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter   

1616  Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

1621  Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta).   

1625  Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies   

1630  Patent to Plymouth Colony issued   

1651  Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86   

1673  Jean Racine's "Mithridate," premieres in Paris.   

1682  Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55   

1683  Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer.   

1690  Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer   

1691  George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66   

1695  Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland.   

1702  Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41.   

1727  Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer   

1733  James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC.   

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1334  On January - 13 birth of king Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)   

1381  St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares) was born on this day in history.   

1406  On January - 13 birth of matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile)   

1505  On January - 13 birth of joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)   

1562  Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1596  Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter was born on January - 13.   

1610  On January - 13 birth of maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)   

1616  On this day in history birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

0086  On this day in history death of gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)   

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

0858  On January - 13 aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies   

0888  Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies on January - 13.   

1049  Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle on January - 13.   

1138  On January - 13 death of simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)   

1151  Death of Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081) on this day in history.   

1177  Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies on January - 13.