Famous Personalities Born In August - 13
Thursday, 06 March 2025
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 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.
1617 On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist
1625 On this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1655 On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)
1662 On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
1666 On August - 13 birth of william Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1692 On August - 13 birth of anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer
1700 Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.
1704 On August - 13 birth of lorenzo Fago, composer
1717 On August - 13 birth of christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1717 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.
1721 Francis Ireland, composer was born on this day in history.
1747 On this day in history birth of adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer
1748 Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot was born on August - 13.
1752 Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814) was born on August - 13.
1764 Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history birth of william Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
1792 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849) was born on August - 13.
1802 On this day in history birth of nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)
1803 On this day in history birth of vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
1814 Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.
1817 Karoly Thern, composer was born on this day in history.
1818 Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn) was born on August - 13.
1819 On August - 13 birth of george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)
1820 George Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer was born on August - 13.
1820 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet (Dietsche Warande) was born on August - 13.
1823 On August - 13 birth of goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1826 William Thomas Best, composer was born on this day in history.
1831 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer was born on August - 13.
1840 On this day in history birth of giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)
1841 Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) was born on August - 13.