Historical Events In March - 13

0483  St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0607  12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on March - 13.  

1138  On this day in history german king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned  

1202  On this day in history mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies  

1395  On this day in history john Barbour, Scottish poet  

1516  Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on March - 13.  

1519  On this day in history cortez lands in México  

1519  On March - 13 cortez lands in Mexico  

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole on this day in history.  

1558  On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies  

1560  Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli on March - 13.  

1564  Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels on March - 13.  

1567  On this day in history battle at Oosterweel Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger  

1567  On March - 13 battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger  

1569  On March - 13 battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots  

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies  

1573  Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on this day in history.  

1591  On March - 13 battle at Tondibi Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai  

1591  Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai on March - 13.  

1599  On March - 13 johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint  

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) on this day in history.  

1619  Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies on March - 13.  

1634  On this day in history académie Française opens  

1634  On March - 13 academie Francaise opens  

1639  On this day in history cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard  

1656  On March - 13 jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam  

1677  On this day in history massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000  

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal on March - 13.  

1700  James Kent, composer on this day in history.  

1712  Isfrid Kayser, composer on this day in history.  

1716  Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1733  On March - 13 joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen)  

1735  The first US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany on March - 13.  

1735  1st US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany on this day in history.  

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on this day in history.  

1548  On this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole  

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on March - 13.  

1615  On March - 13 birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)  

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on March - 13.  

1696  On March - 13 birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal  

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer  

1700  On this day in history birth of michel Blavet, composer  

1202  On this day in history mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies  

1271  On this day in history death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)  

1395  On March - 13 death of john Barbour, Scottish poet  

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60  

1558  On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies  

1569  On March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies  

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on March - 13.  

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on this day in history.