Historical Events In March - 13

0483  St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0607  On this day in history 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

1138  German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned on March - 13.   

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history john Barbour, Scottish poet   

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1519  Cortez lands in México on this day in history.   

1519  Cortez lands in Mexico on March - 13.   

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole on March - 13.   

1558  On March - 13 jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1560  On March - 13 spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli   

1564  Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels on this day in history.   

1567  Battle at Oosterweel Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger on this day in history.   

1567  Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger on March - 13.   

1569  Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots on March - 13.   

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on this day in history.   

1573  On March - 13 michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1591  On March - 13 battle at Tondibi Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai   

1591  Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai on this day in history.   

1599  On March - 13 johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  On March - 13 innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1619  Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies on March - 13.   

1634  Académie Française opens on this day in history.   

1634  On March - 13 academie Francaise opens   

1639  On March - 13 cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard   

1656  Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1677  On March - 13 massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000   

1696  On this day in history louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal   

1700  James Kent, composer on this day in history.   

1712  On March - 13 isfrid Kayser, composer   

1716  Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46 on March - 13.   

1733  On this day in history joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen)   

1735  The first US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany on March - 13.   

1735  On this day in history 1st US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany   

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on this day in history.   

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on March - 13.   

1615  On this day in history birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer   

1700  Michel Blavet, composer was born on March - 13.   

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on this day in history.   

1516  Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on March - 13.   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1569  On March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  On March - 13 death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13.