Page 2: Historical Events In December - 13

1732  Jean-Claude Trial, composer on this day in history.   

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

1738  On December - 13 gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59   

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  On December - 13 c F Gellert, writer, dies at 54   

1770  On December - 13 john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer   

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

1774  On December - 13 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH   

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on December - 13.   

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

1797  On December - 13 the birth of Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer   

1797  On December - 13 heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)   

1810  Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty) on December - 13.   

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

1814  On December - 13 charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79   

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

1816  On December - 13 clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882   

1818  Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65) on this day in history.   

1819  Edwin George Monk, composer on December - 13.   

1823  Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London on this day in history.   

1833  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia on this day in history.   

1835  Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem) on this day in history.   

1838  On December - 13 marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer   

1843  "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1853  Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter on this day in history.   

1858  Jakab Gyula Major, composer on December - 13.   

1861  On December - 13 battle of Alleghany Summit, WV   

1862  Battle of Fredericksburg, Va; South beats North on December - 13.   

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

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)   

1553  On December - 13 birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on December - 13.   

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  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)   

0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

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

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on this day in history.   

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies   

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

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

1404  On December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)