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2005-08-13

On this day in History - Aug 13

0523 - John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope.
0582 - Arnulf of Metz was born (d. 0640). Patron saint of brewing.
0586 - Radegund dies. Queen consort of Clotaire I
0900 - Zwentibold dies. Last King of Lotharingia
1099 - Paschal II elected Pope.
1311 - King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon was born in Salamanca (d. 1350)
1313 - Aradia de Toscano was born. Italian insurrectionist, teacher, and witch
1315 - Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou.
1326 - Aradia de Toscano is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult, subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria later known as the Malandanti.
1382 - Eleanor of Aragon dies (b. 1358). Queen of John I of Castile
1415 - Henry V of England lands at Chef-en-Caux, France with 8000 men.
1422 - William Caxton was born. English printer
1516 - Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain signed. In it, Francis recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
1521 - Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés .
1523 - Gheeraert David dies. Dutch painter.
1536 - Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
1553 - Michael Servetus arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
1625 - Rasmus Bartholin was born (d. 1698). Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist 1662 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, was born (d. 1748). English politician.
1666 - William Wotton was born (d. 1727). English scholar.
1667 - Jeremy Taylor dies. Irish author and bishop
1686 - Louis Maimbourg dies. Historian
1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim - English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
1706 - Nasce Dom Frei Miguel de Bulhões e Sousa, OP, bispo de Belém do Pará, bispo de Leiria.
1713 - Felipe V es reconcido como rey de España tras firmar con Saboya la paz durante la guerra de Sucesión Española.
1721 - Jacques Lelong dies (b. 1665). French bibliographer
1744 - John Cruger dies (b. 1678). Dutch-born Mayor of New York
1755 - Francesco Durante dies. (b. 1684). Italian composer.
1765 - O arquiduque Leopoldo (1747-1792), futuro Imperador austríaco, abole a Inquisição na Toscânia.
1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was born. Queen of William IV of the United Kingdom
1814 - Anders Jonas Ångström was born (d. 1874). Swedish physicist.
1814 - The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, was signed in London.
1818 - Lucy Stone was born. Pioneering women's rights activist
1819 - George Gabriel Stokes was born . Irish mathematicien and physicist
1820 - Sir George Grove was born (d. 1900). Music historian
1823 - Goldwin Smith was born (d. 1910). Historian and journalist
1851 - Felix Adler was born (d. 1933). Educator.
1860 - Annie Oakley was born (d. 1926). Sharpshooter.
1862 - Assinatura de tratado entre Portugal e China (Tratado de Jien-Jsin) segundo o qual Macau é reconhecido como território sob administração portuguesa
1863 - Eugène Delacroix dies (b. 1798). French painter
1866 - Giovanni Agnelli was born (d. 1945). Industrialist.
1871 - Karl Liebknecht was born. German socialist
1872 - Richard Willstätter was born (d. 1942). German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1879 - John Ireland was born (d. 1962). English composer.
1887 - Julius Freed was born (d. 1952). American inventor and banker.
1888 - John Logie Baird was born (d. 1946). English television pioneer
1895 - Bert Lahr was born (d. 1967). American actor
1899 - Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in London (d. 1980). English film director. 1899. Rebecca, Janela Indiscreta, Os Pássaros e Psycho
1902 - Felix Wankel was born (d. 1988). Engineer and inventor.
1904 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers was born (d. 1999). Actor
1905 - Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden.
1907 - Sir Basil Spence was born (d. 1976). Architect.
1910 - Florence Nightingale dies. English nurse.
1910 - Morte da escritora brasileira Carmen Dolores (Nota: Não confundir com a acriz portuguesa com o mesmo nome)
1912 - Jules Massenet dies (b. 1842). French composer.
1912 - Salvador Luria was born (d. 1991). Biologist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1912 - Ben Hogan was born (d. 1997). Golf player.
1913 - Fred Davis was born (d. 1998). English snooker player.
1913 - Otto Witte, an acrobat, managed to get himself crowned King of Albania.
1913 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1917 - Eduard Buchner dies (b. 1860). German chemist, 1907 Nobel Prize laureate.
1918 - Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1919 - George Shearing was born. Musician.
1920 - Neville Brand was born (d. 1992). Actor.
1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1923 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed Polish seaport.
1926 - Fidel Castro was born. Revolutionary and politician.
1926 - Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) was born. American singer.
1929 - Tigran Petrosian was born in Tblissi. Chess world champion (1963-1968).
1930 - Don Ho was born. Musician
1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders was born. United States Surgeon General
1935 - Jim (Mudcat) Grant was born. Baseball player
1937 - The Japanese attack Shanghai,China.
1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain begins - The Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.
1940 - União Soviética anexa a Estónia
1941 - Erin Fleming was born (d. 2003). Actress.
1942 - Walt Disney's fifth animated feature, Bambi, premiers.
1946 - H. G. Wells dies (b. 1866). English writer.
1948 - Kathleen Battle was born. American soprano
1949 - Bobby Clarke was born. Hockey star
1951 - Dan Fogelberg was born. Singer
1952 - Herb Ritts was born (2004). Photographer.
1957 - Osama Bin Laden, was born. Terrorist.
1958 - Otto Witte dies (b. 1868). Acrobat.
1959 - Danny Bonaduce was born. Actor
1960 - The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1961 - The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
1962 - Miss Cleo was born. Television psychic
1962 - Gracia Querejeta was born. Spanish film director.
1964 - Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen die : The last people to be executed in Great Britain. Murderers
1965 - Ikeda Hayato dies (b. 1899). Prime Minister of Japan
1967 - Amélie Nothomb was born. Belgian writer
1969 - Midori Ito was born. Japanese figure skater.
1969 - Oscar Uriel was born. Mexican actor
1969 - Múcio Leão dies. Brazilian journalist and writer
1970 - Alan Shearer was born. English footballer
1975 - Joe Perry was born. English snooker play.
1978 - Un atentado con bomba en un edificio que alberga organizaciones palestinas en Beirut (Líbano) causa la muerte a mas de 175 personas.
1984 - Tigran Petrosian dies (b. 1929). Chess player.
1987 - U.S. President Reagan assumes responsibility for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.
1989 - Tim Richmond dies (b. 1955). American race car driver.
1994 - Elias Canetti dies (b. 1905). Bulgarian-born writer.
1995 - Mickey Mantle dies (b. 1931). Baseball Hall of Famer
1995 - Jan Křesadlo dies (b. 1926). Czech-born writer
1996 - David Tudor dies (b. 1926). Pianist and composer
1996 - Morte do militar e político português Marechal António de Spínola (Antonio Sebastião Ribeiro Spínola) (n. 11 Abr 1910). Foi Presidente da República entre 15 de Maio de 1974 e 30 de Setembro de 1974.
1997 - The popular, controversial animated series South Park debuts on Comedy Central.
2003 - Ed Townsend dies (b. 1929). Songwriter and producer
2004 - The 28th Summer Olympics opens in Athens, Greece (August 29).
2004 - Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes the Fort Myers area in Florida.
2004 - Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé.
2004 - Julia Child dies (b. 1912). American chef and television personality Roman Empire - Vertumnalias in honor of Vertumnus
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