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 July - 13.  

1793  Jean Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French revolution, is murdered on July - 13.  

1793  John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar) on July - 13.  

1793  Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday on July - 13.  

1794  Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria on this day in history.  

1811  On July - 13 the birth of George G. Scott, British architect  

1813  On this day in history johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67  

1815  James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880 on July - 13.  

1816  Gustav Freytag, writer on July - 13.  

1820  On July - 13 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  Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard on this day in history.  

1826  On July - 13 stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro)  

1832  On this day in history source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)  

1836  US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels on this day in history.  

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

1837  On this day in history queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace  

1844  On this day in history johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66  

1850  Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30) on this day in history.  

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

1854  On this day in history uS forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua  

1859  Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history john Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69  

1861  On July - 13 battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford)  

1861  On this day in history robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41  

1862  Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 on this day in history.  

1863  Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die on this day in history.  

1863  On July - 13 beginning of the New York draft riots, regarded as the worst in United States history.  

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

1863  Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells) on this day in history.  

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

1864  On July - 13 early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley  

1865  On July - 13 horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"  

1865  PT Barnum's museum burns down on this day in history.  

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1396  Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy was born on July - 13.  

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  On July - 13 birth of arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)  

1590  On this day in history birth of clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76)  

1607  Václav Hollar, Bohemian-born artist (d. 1677) was born on July - 13.  

1608  Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) was born on July - 13.  

1745  On July - 13 birth of robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818)  

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

0939  On July - 13 leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies  

1024  Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies on July - 13.  

1105  Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies on this day in history.  

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

1309  On this day in history jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

1357  Death of Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313) on this day in history.  

1380  Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60 on July - 13.