Famous Personalities Born In August - 13
Thursday, 24 April 2025
0582 On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
1311 King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.
1422 On August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)
1584 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.
1617 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
1666 William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727) was born on August - 13.
1692 Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer was born on this day in history.
1700 Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) was born on August - 13.
1704 On August - 13 birth of lorenzo Fago, composer
1717 Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer was born on August - 13.
1717 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) was born on August - 13.
1721 On this day in history birth of francis Ireland, composer
1747 On August - 13 birth of adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer
1748 Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot was born on August - 13.
1752 On August - 13 birth of marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
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 this day in history.
1802 On August - 13 birth of nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)
1803 Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.
1814 Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874) was born on August - 13.
1817 On August - 13 birth of karoly Thern, composer
1818 On this day in history birth of lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
1819 George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) was born on August - 13.
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 Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1826 On August - 13 birth of william Thomas Best, composer
1831 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer was born on August - 13.
1840 On August - 13 birth of giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)
1841 On August - 13 birth of unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)