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Fidel Castro born
Hound Dog is recorded for the first time by Big Mama Thornton
Aztec capital falls to Cort s
Berlin is divided
Yankee legend dies
King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon born in Salamanca. Spain (d. 1350)
William Caxton 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) (d. 1491)
Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl of Suffolk English politician born in Saffron Waldon Essex England (d. 1640)
Johann A Quenstedt German Lutherian theologist born in Quedlinburg Germany (d. 1688)
Rasmus Bartholin Danish physician mathematician and physicist born in Roskilde Denmark (d. 1698)
Johann Christoph Denner German musician and inventor (clarinet) born in Leipzig Germany (d. 1707)
Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset English politician born in Wiltshire England (d. 1748)
William Wotton English theologian and scholar born in Wrentham Suffolk (d. 1727)
Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer German composer (d. 1746)
John Dyer British poet born in Aberglasney Wales (Baptism date)
Heinrich von Brhl German statesman born in Gangloffsmmern Thuringia Germany (d. 1763)
Lorenzo Fago Italian composer and teacher born in Naples Italy (d. 1793)
Christoph Nichelmann German composer and harpsichordist born in Treuenbrietzen Germany (d. 1762)
Louis Franois I Prince of Conti French nobleman and military leader born in Paris (d. 1776)
Francis Hutcheson Irish composer born in Dublin (d. 1784)
Adrien-Joseph van Helmont Flemish composer born in Brussels (d. 1830)
Pieter L. van de Kasteele Dutch politician and patriot born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1810)
Maria Carolina of Austria Queen of the Two Sicilies born in Schnbrunn Palace Vienna (d. 1814)
Louis Baraguey dHilliers French general born in Paris (d. 1816)
William Wentworth Australian explorer and politician born in Norfolk Island (d. 1872)
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom born in Meiningen Germany (d. 1849)
Nikolaus Lenau Hungarian-German poet (Faust Die Albigenser) born in Lenauheim Banat Romania (d. 1850)
Vladimir Odoevsky Russian philosopher and writer born in Moscow (d. 1869)
Anders Jonas ngstrm Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy) born in Lgd Medelpad Sweden (d. 1874)
Kroly Thern Hungarian composer born in Spisk Nov Ves Slovakia (d. 1886)
Lucy Stone American abolitionist (US Womans Suffrage Association) born in West Brookefield Massachusetts (d. 1893)
George Gabriel Stokes Irish physicist and mathematician (spectroscope) born in Skreen County Sligo Ireland (d. 1903)
George Grove English biblical scholar and misicographer born in Clapham London (d. 1900)
Joseph Alberdingk Thijm Dutch poet (Dietsche Warande) born in Amsterdam (d. 1889)
Goldwin Smith English historian and journalist born in Reading Berkshire (d. 1910)
William Thomas Best English organist and composer born in Carlisle Cumberland England (d. 1897)
Salomon Jadassohn German pianist and composer born in Wrocaw Poland (d. 1902)
Johnny Mullagh [Unaarrimin] Australian cricketer born in Harrow Victoria Australia (d. 1891)
Aug 13 3114 BC According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Mayan calendar
Aug 13 1326 Aradia de Toscano according to legendfolklore is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult and subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria later known as the Malandanti.
Aug 13 1415 King Henry V of England army lands on mouth of Seine River