Famous Deaths In August - 13

0586  On this day in history death of radegund, wife of Clotaire I   

0587  On this day in history radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies   

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on August - 13.   

0900  On August - 13 zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29   

1134  On August - 13 irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies   

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 13.   

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on August - 13.   

1382  On this day in history death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)   

1523  On August - 13 death of gerard David, Flemish painter   

1617  Death of Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540) on August - 13.   

1637  On this day in history dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies   

1667  Death of Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613) on August - 13.   

1674  On this day in history lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35   

1686  Death of Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610) on August - 13.   

1721  Death of Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) on August - 13.   

1744  Death of John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678) on this day in history.   

1749  On August - 13 j E Schlegel, writer, dies   

1762  John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1787  Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81   

1826  Death of René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781) on August - 13.   

1841  On this day in history bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73   

1860  Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies on this day in history.   

1863  Death of Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798) on August - 13.   

1865  Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62   

1895  Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies on this day in history.   

1896  John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 on August - 13.   

1897  On this day in history antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63   

1908  Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67 on August - 13.   

1910  Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70   

1913  On August - 13 f August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies   

1916  On this day in history fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61   

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0582  On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.   

1584  On August - 13 birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.   

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on August - 13.   

1655  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)