General Events and Observations of July 13

783: Bertrada of Laon, wife of Pippin III (b. 720)
1441: Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
1536: Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher
1584: Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)
1664: Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610)
1682: Jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)
1693: John Ashby, English admiral
1713: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1626)
1742: Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (b. 1675)
1749: Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France
1773: Johann Joachim Quantz, German flutist and composer (b. 1697)
1804: Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
1845: Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808)
1849: Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768)
1910: Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887)
1918: Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (b. 1864)
1926: Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (b. 1868)
1931: Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1866)
1934: Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and industrialist (b. 1877)
1935: Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)
1944: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general, received Medal of Honor (b. 1887)
1945: Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)
1945: Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
1947: Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
1949: Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
1950: Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865)
1961: Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author (b. 1879)
1962: Roger Wolfe Kahn, American band leader (b. 1907)
1971: Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1914)
1973: Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)
1979: Minnie Riperton, American soul singer (b. 1947)
1983: Chris Wood, British musician, played with Traffic, (b. 1944)
1990: João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (b. 1917)
1993: Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (b. 1970)
1993: Davey Allison, American NASCAR driver (b. 1961)
1996: John Chancellor, American television journalist (b. 1927)
1996: Jonathan Melvoin, American musician and keyboardist (The Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)
1998: Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician (b. 1907)
1998: Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (b. 1941)
1999: Bill Owen, British actor (b. 1914)
2000: Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II (b. 1908)
2003: Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907)
2004: Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918)
2005: Lord John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, Chief executive of British Airways since its privitisation (b. 1917)
2007: Mr. Butch, Iconic Boston street figure (b. 1951)
2007: Robert Burås, Norwegian guitar player (b. 1975)
2007: Stan Zemanek, Australian radio personality (b.1947)

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