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Apr 13 1506

Peter Faber French Jesuit theologian (co-founder of Society of Jesus) born in Villaret Duchy of Savoy Holy Roman Empire (d. 1546)

Apr 13 1519

Catherine de Medici Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons born in Florence (d. 1589)

Apr 13 1545

Elisabeth of Valois daughter of King Henry II of France and 3rd wife of Philip II of Spain born in Fontainbleau France (d. 1568)

Apr 13 1573

Christina of Holstein-Gottorp Queen consort of Sweden as the wife of King Charles IX born in Kiel Germany (d. 1625)

Apr 13 1584

Albert VI Duke of Bavaria born in Munich (d. 1666)

Apr 13 1593

Thomas Wentworth 1st earl of Strafford and Viceroy of Ireland born in London England (d. 1641)

Apr 13 1618

Roger de Rabutin Comte de Bussy French writer born in Epiry France (d. 1693)

Apr 13 1626

Aert Jansse van Nes Dutch naval commander born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1693)

Apr 13 1648

Jeanne Guyon French mystic born in Montargis Orlanais (d. 1717)

Apr 13 1713

Pierre Jlyotte French composer born in Lasseube France (d. 1797)

Apr 13 1729

Thomas Percy English literary and bishop of Dromore born in Bridgnorth Shropshire England (d. 1811)

Apr 13 1735

Isaac Low American delegate to the Continental Congress born in Piscataway Province of New Jersey British America (d. 1791)

Apr 13 1747

Louis Philippe II Duke of Orlans born in Chteau de Saint Cloud Saint-Cloud France (d. 1793)

Apr 13 1749

Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt Dutch count and vice-admiral born in Wageningen Netherlands (d. 1828)

Apr 13 1756

Louis Henri Prince of Cond born in Htel de Cond Paris (d. 1830)

Apr 13 1762

Johanna Cornelia Wattier-Ziesenis Dutch actress (Phaedra Lady Macbeth) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1827)

Apr 13 1762

Charles Frederick Horn English musician and composer born in Nordhausen Germany (d. 1830)

Apr 13 1764

Laurent 1st Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr French marshal born in Toul Three Bishoprics France (d. 1830)

Apr 13 1769

Thomas Lawrence English portrait painter born in Bristol England (d. 1830)

Apr 13 1771

Frans Adam van der Duyn van Maasdam Dutch governor (South Holland) born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 1848)

Apr 13 1771

Richard Trevithick English inventor (steam locomotive) born in Tregajorran England (d. 1833)

Apr 13 1780

Alexander Mitchell Irish engineer (inventor of the screw-pile lighthouse) born in Dublin (d. 1868)

Apr 13 1784

Cornelis Smit Dutch ship builder born in Alblasserdam Netherlands (d. 1858)

Apr 13 1784

Friedrich Graf von Wrangel Prussian field marshal born in Stettin Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1877)

Apr 13 1787

John Robertson American politician born in Petersburg Virginia (d. 1873)

Apr 13 1791

Flix de Mrode Earl of Merode Belgian minister of War and Finance born in Maastricht Belgium (d. 1857)

Apr 13 1799

Ludwig Rellstab German music theorist born in Berlin (d. 1860)

Apr 13 1799

Joseph Rastrelli German composer born in Dresden Germany (d. 1842)

Apr 13 1802

Leopold Fitzinger Austrian zoologist born in Vienna (d. 1884)

Apr 13 1808

Henry Haywood Bell U.S. Rear Admiral (Union Navy) born in Orange County North Carolina (d. 1868)

Apr 13 1808

Antonio Meucci Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device) born in Florence Italy (d. 1896)

Apr 13 1816

William Sterndale Bennett English composer born in Sheffield Yorkshire (d. 1875)

Apr 13 1817

Alphonse Wauters Belgian historian and archivist (Brussels) born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1898)

Apr 13 1055 Bishop Gebhard van Eichstattt named Pope Victor II

Apr 13 1111 After months of controversy Pope Paschal II crowns Henry V the King of Germany and Italy as the Holy Roman Emperor

Apr 13 1180 Diet of Gelnhausen Henry the Lion deprived of the Duchy of Saxony

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