Historical Events In July - 13

1793  On this day in history french rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday  

1793  Jean Paul Marat French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history jean Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French revolution, is murdered  

1793  On July - 13 john Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar)  

1793  Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday on this day in history.  

1794  On July - 13 battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria  

1811  The birth of George G. Scott, British architect on July - 13.  

1813  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1815  James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880 on this day in history.  

1816  Gustav Freytag, writer on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history commencement of the trial in Stirling for High Treason of the Radicals captured at the Battle of Bonnymuir. Two of the accused, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, were subsequently executed on 8 September 1820.  

1821  On July - 13 nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard  

1826  On this day in history stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro)  

1832  On July - 13 source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)  

1836  On this day in history uS patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels  

1837  Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace on this day in history.  

1837  Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace on July - 13.  

1844  Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1850  On this day in history hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30)  

1851  On July - 13 john F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton  

1854  On July - 13 uS forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua  

1859  Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter on July - 13.  

1860  John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69 on July - 13.  

1861  On this day in history battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford)  

1861  Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1862  Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 on July - 13.  

1863  Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die on July - 13.  

1863  Beginning of the New York draft riots, regarded as the worst in United States history on this day in history.  

1863  On July - 13 uSS Wyoming battled Japanese warlord's forces.  

1863  Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells) on July - 13.  

1863  John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32 on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley  

1865  Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" on this day in history.  

1865  On this day in history pT Barnum's museum burns down  

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1396  On July - 13 birth of philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy  

1527  John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician was born on this day in history.  

1527  John Dee, English scientist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.  

1579  Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.  

1590  On July - 13 birth of clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76)  

1607  On July - 13 birth of václav Hollar, Bohemian-born artist (d. 1677)  

1608  Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) was born on this day in history.  

1745  Robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818) was born on July - 13.  

0574  On July - 13 john III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies  

0939  On this day in history leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies  

1024  On this day in history henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies  

1105  Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies on July - 13.  

1205  Death of Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England on July - 13.  

1309  On July - 13 jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

1357  On this day in history death of bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)  

1380  On this day in history bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60