Page 2: Historical Events In December - 13

1732  Jean-Claude Trial, composer on December - 13.   

1734  On this day in history england & Russia sign trade agreement   

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on December - 13.   

1740  On December - 13 franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer   

1742  Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes on this day in history.   

1759  1st music store in America opens (Phila) on December - 13.   

1769  Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter on this day in history.   

1769  C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54 on December - 13.   

1770  John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer on December - 13.   

1774  On December - 13 first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH   

1774  On this day in history 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH   

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1793  On December - 13 johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63   

1797  The birth of Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)   

1810  On this day in history clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)   

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 on December - 13.   

1816  On December - 13 patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston   

1816  Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882 on December - 13.   

1818  On this day in history mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65)   

1819  Edwin George Monk, composer on December - 13.   

1823  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini arrives in London   

1833  On December - 13 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia   

1835  Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem) on December - 13.   

1838  On this day in history marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer   

1843  "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold on December - 13.   

1843  George Stephanescu, composer on this day in history.   

1847  On December - 13 emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'   

1850  G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G ) on December - 13.   

1853  On this day in history joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter   

1858  Jakab Gyula Major, composer on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history battle of Alleghany Summit, WV   

1862  Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North on this day in history.   

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on December - 13.   

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  On December - 13 birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)   

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.   

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.   

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on December - 13.   

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on December - 13.   

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.   

1250  On December - 13 frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.