This day in History - January 13

373 Historic Events for January 13
1674 Birth Prosper Jolyot de Cr‚billon, French poet (Atr‚e et Thyeste)
1682 Death Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55
1683 Birth Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer
1690 Birth Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer
1691 Death George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
1695 Event Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1702 Death Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
1727 Birth Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer
1733 Event James Oglethorpe and 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC
1734 Birth Luca Sorkocevic, composer
1762 Death Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
1770 Event De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris
1778 Birth Anton Fischer, composer
1785 Event John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times
1788 Birth Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer
1794 Event Congress changes US flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes
1795 Death Fran‡ois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
1797 Death Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81
1802 Birth Eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright
1807 Birth Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1808 Birth Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)
1812 Birth Humphrey Marshall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1815 Birth William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1824 Birth Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer
1828 Death Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80