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Nov 13 1486

Johann Eck German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges born in Egg Swabia (d. 1543)

Nov 13 1504

Philip I (the Generous) Landgrave of Hesse and important early protestant ruler born in Marburg Landgraviate of Hesse Holy Roman Empire (d. 1567)

Nov 13 1559

Albert VII Archduke of Austria born in Wiener Neustadt Austria (d. 1621)

Nov 13 1572

Cyril Lucaris Greek theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople born in Heraklion Greece (d. 1638)

Nov 13 1663

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow German musician and composer born in Leipzig Germany (d. 1712)

Nov 13 1679

Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hnin-Litard dAlsace Cardinal- Archbishop of Mechelen Belgium (d. 1759)

Nov 13 1699

Jan Zach Czech composer born in elkovice Bohemia (d. 1773) baptism date

Nov 13 1710

Charles Simon Favart French dramatist born in Paris (d. 1792)

Nov 13 1714

William Shenstone English poet born in Leasowes England (d. 1763)

Nov 13 1715

Dorothea Erxleben German first female medical doctor born in Quedlinburg Germany (d. 1762)

Nov 13 1718

Anton Laube Bohemian composer born in Brx (d. 1784)

Nov 13 1759

Timothy Olmstead early American composer (d. 1848)

Nov 13 1760

Jiaqing 5th Emperor of Qing Dynasty born in Beijing (d. 1820)

Nov 13 1782

Esaias Tegnr Swedish writer (Frithjofs Saga) born in Kyrkerud Sweden (d. 1846)

Nov 13 1785

Caroline Lamb English aristocrat author (Glenarvon) wife of William Lamb lover of Lord Byron (d. 1828)

Nov 13 1792

Edward John Trelawny English traveler and author (Adv of Younger Son) born in London (d. 1881)

Nov 13 1801

Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria Queen consort of Prussia (1840-61) born in Munich (d. 1873)

Nov 13 1801

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria Queen of Saxony born in Munich (d. 1877)

Nov 13 1804

Theophilus Hunter Holmes Lieutenant General (Confederate Army) born in Sampson County North Carolina (d. 1880)

Nov 13 1809

John A. Dahlgren US Navy officer and inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1870)

Nov 13 1811

Yuri Karlovich Arnold Russian composer born in St. Petersburg Petrograd (d. 1898)

Nov 13 1813

John Wolcott Phelps American abolitionist author and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Guilford County Vermont (d. 1885)

Nov 13 1813

Peter II prince-bishop of Montenegro (1830-51) and poet (The Ray of The Microcosm) born in Njegui Montenegro (d. 1851)

Nov 13 1814

Joseph Hooker American Major General (Union Army) born in Hadley Massachusetts (d. 1879)

Nov 13 1826

Charles Frederick Worth English fashion designer (House of Worth) born in Bourne Lincolnshire (d. 1895)

Nov 13 1834

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Mexican author (El Zarco) born in Tixtla Guerrero Mexico (d. 1893)

Nov 13 1837

James T. Rapier African-American politician born in Florence Alabama (d. 1883)

Nov 13 1838

Joseph F. Smith 6th President of Mormon church born in Far West Missouri (d. 1918)

Nov 13 1841

Edward Burd Grubb American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General born in Burlington New Jersey (d. 1913)

Nov 13 1848

Albert I Prince of Monaco (1889-1922) born in Paris (d. 1922)

Nov 13 1853

John Drew Jr. American Shakespearean actor (The Big Bonanza) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1927)

Nov 13 1854

George Whitfield Chadwick American composer (Judi Van Winke) born in Lowell Massachusetts (d. 1931)

Nov 13 1855

Daniel Franois Scheurleer Dutch musicologist and banker born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1927)

Nov 13 1931 Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator

Nov 13 1933 1st modern sit-down strike by Hormel meat packers in Austin Minnesota

Nov 13 1937 NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio

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