Page 2: Historical Events In August - 13

1704  On this day in history lorenzo Fago, composer   

1705  Battle of Blenheim, in southern Germany on this day in history.   

1713  On August - 13 king Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia   

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

1721  Francis Ireland, composer on August - 13.   

1732  On August - 13 voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris   

1740  Hunger strike in Rotterdam on this day in history.   

1747  On August - 13 adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer   

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

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

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 August - 13 american explosive device made by David Bushnell explodes near British vessel off New London, CT.   

1784  On this day in history english parliament accept India Act   

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

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 August - 13.   

1799  On August - 13 english fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname   

1802  Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser) on this day in history.   

1808  Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1814  Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch on this day in history.   

1817  Karoly Thern, composer on this day in history.   

1818  On August - 13 lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)   

1819  George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope) on August - 13.   

1820  On August - 13 george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer   

1826  On August - 13 william Thomas Best, composer   

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

1831  On August - 13 salomon Jaoassohn, composer   

1840  On August - 13 giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)   

1841  On August - 13 unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)   

1841  Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73 on August - 13.   

1844  Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt leaves Brisbane to explore unknown territory beyond the Darling Downs on August - 13.   

1846  On August - 13 joint expedition led by CDR Robert Stockton seizes Los Angeles, CA   

1851  John Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers), died in 1937 on August - 13.   

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 13.   

1625  On August - 13 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)   

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.   

0587  On August - 13 radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies   

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on this day in history.   

0900  On this day in history zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29   

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on this day in history.   

1191  On this day in history philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on this day in history.   

1382  On August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)