Historical Events In August - 13

1704  Lorenzo Fago, composer on August - 13.   

1705  Battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany on August - 13.   

1713  On this day in history king Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia   

1717  Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history francis Ireland, composer   

1732  Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history hunger strike in Rotterdam   

1747  Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot   

1749  J E Schlegel, writer, dies on August - 13.   

1756  On August - 13 the birth of Queen Adelaide, Consort of William IV   

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

1777  On this day in history american explosive device made by David Bushnell explodes near British vessel off New London, CT.   

1784  On August - 13 english parliament accept India Act   

1787  On this day in history isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies   

1788  On August - 13 prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90   

1792  Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history english fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname   

1802  On this day in history nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)   

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on August - 13.   

1814  Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch on August - 13.   

1817  Karoly Thern, composer on August - 13.   

1818  Lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn) on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)   

1820  George Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer on this day in history.   

1826  William Thomas Best, composer on this day in history.   

1831  Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history salomon Jaoassohn, composer   

1840  On this day in history giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)   

1841  Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) on August - 13.   

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

1844  Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs on this day in history.   

1846  Joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA on August - 13.   

1851  On this day in history john Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937   

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

1311  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on August - 13.   

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on this day in history.   

0587  On August - 13 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 August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)