348 Historic Events for November 13
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| 1689 |
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Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
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| 1699 |
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Jan Zach, composer
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| 1706 |
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Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies
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| 1715 |
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Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar
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| 1715 |
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Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders
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| 1718 |
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Anton Laube, composer
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| 1759 |
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Timothy Olmstead, composer
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| 1770 |
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George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58
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| 1771 |
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Conrad E Ackermann, German actor/theater director, dies at 61
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| 1775 |
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American Revolutionary forces capture Montr‚al
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| 1779 |
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Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61
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| 1781 |
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English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon
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| 1789 |
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Martin de Ron, composer
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| 1789 |
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Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes"
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| 1792 |
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Edward John Trelawney, England, traveler/author (Adv of Younger Son)
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| 1804 |
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Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1880
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| 1809 |
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John AB Dahlgren, US Union lt adm/inventor (Civil war Dahlgren-cannon)
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| 1811 |
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Yuri Arnold, composer
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| 1813 |
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Peter II Petrovic Njegos, poet/ruler of Montenegro (1830-51)
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| 1813 |
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John Wolcott Phelps, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
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| 1814 |
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Joseph Hooker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
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| 1819 |
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Henry Brinley Richards, British? pianist/composer
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| 1829 |
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Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls
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| 1830 |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides"
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| 1831 |
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James Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity)
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