Page 2: Historical Events In January - 13

1733  On January - 13 james Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC   

1734  On January - 13 luca Sorkocevic, composer   

1762  On January - 13 leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68   

1770  On this day in history de Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris   

1778  On this day in history anton Fischer, composer   

1785  John Walter publishes first issue of London Times on this day in history.   

1785  On January - 13 john Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times   

1788  On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer   

1794  On this day in history congress changes US flag to 15 stars &15 stripes   

1794  On this day in history congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes   

1795  Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1797  On January - 13 elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81   

1799  President George Washington adds two stars and two stripes to the U.S. flag, honoring the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. The new stripes were later removed, restoring the total to 13 on this day in history.   

1802  On January - 13 eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright   

1807  On January - 13 napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1808  On January - 13 salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)   

1812  Humphrey Marshall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1872 on January - 13.   

1815  William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 on this day in history.   

1822  The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus on this day in history.   

1824  Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer on January - 13.   

1828  On January - 13 alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80   

1830  On this day in history great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves   

1834  On January - 13 the birth of Horatio Alger, American author   

1834  On this day in history horatio Alger Jr, Revere Mass, author (Lost at Sea, Work & Win)   

1835  Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior on January - 13.   

1838  On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53   

1840  On January - 13 the steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.   

1842  Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad on this day in history.   

1849  On January - 13 vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co   

1850  On this day in history leon Francis Victor Caron, composer   

1854  On this day in history anthony Foss patents the accordion   

1854  On January - 13 anthony Foss patents accordion   

1858  Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931) on this day in history.   

1859  On January - 13 karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)   

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

1610  Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 13.   

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

0858  Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies on January - 13.   

0888  On January - 13 charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies   

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

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

1151  On this day in history death of abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)   

1177  Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies on this day in history.