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Deaths on February 13

1130 : Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies
1199 : Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies
1237 : Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns
1315 : Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchƒtel, dies
1332 : Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies
1542 : Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1602 : Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies
1629 : Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61
1635 : Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50
1660 : Charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
1662 : Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I, dies at 65
1693 : Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
1724 : Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43
1741 : Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80
1784 : Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies
1798 : Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
1814 : Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69
1841 : Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
1849 : Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61
1873 : Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies
1882 : Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66
1883 : Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64
1883 : Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkre), dies at 69 in Venice
1883 : Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69
1891 : David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77
1893 : Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
1894 : Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65
1896 : Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73
1907 : Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
1917 : Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
1921 : Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67
1927 : Brooks Adams, US philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
1935 : Violet Paget, British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
1937 : C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
1943 : William Walraven, journalist/writer (Neglected Grouser), dies at 55
1945 : George Studd, cricketer (4 Tests with brother v Aus 1882-83), dies
1952 : Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71
1958 : Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86
1959 : William L Axt, composer, dies at 70
1960 : Delmar G Roos, designer of jeep, dies at 79
1963 : Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies
1965 : Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies
1965 : William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher, dies at 93
1966 : Elio Vittorini, writer, dies
1968 : Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87
1968 : Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
1970 : Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies
1975 : Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78
1975 : Eric Harding Thiman, composer, dies at 74
1975 : Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at 77
1976 : General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
1976 : Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71
1977 : Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
1979 : Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
1980 : David Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
1982 : Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
1983 : Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78
1987 : M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
1990 : Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
1991 : Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
1991 : Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83
1992 : Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist/writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61
1993 : Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
1994 : Jack Kirby, cartoonist (Marvel Comics), dies at 76
1994 : Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist, dies at 84
1994 : Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79
1995 : Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered
1995 : Alberto Burri, Ital's physician/sculptor/painter), dies at 79
1995 : Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49
1995 : Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84
1995 : Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at 68
1996 : Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist, dies at 91
1996 : Martin Balsam, actor (Archie's Place), dies at 76
1998 : Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58

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