3_13 Events in History.

412 Historic Events for March 13

1700 Michel Blavet, composer Birth
1712 Isfrid Kayser, composer Birth
1716 Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46 Death
1733 Joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen) Birth
1735 1st US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany Event
1741 Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor (1765-90) Birth
1744 David Allan, Scottish painter Birth
1746 Maurus Haberhauer, composer Birth
1752 Josef Reicha, composer Birth
1756 Johann Melchior Conradi, composer, dies at 81 Death

1759 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet Event
1764 Charles Earl Grey, (Whig), British PM (1830-34) Birth
1767 Heinrich Domnich, composer Birth
1768 Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant Birth
1770 Daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death) Birth
1772 Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick Event
1779 Oliver Shaw, composer Birth
1781 Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) Event
1781 Karl F Schinkel, German architect/painter/writer (Schloss Tegel) Birth
1790 John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia Event
1797 Cherubini's opera "Med‚e," premieres in Paris Event
1798 Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady (1850-53) Birth
1817 Matej Sojka, composer, dies at 77 Death
1818 Albion Parris Howe, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897 Birth
1820 Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 Birth