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Died on Monday August 13, 1455
Born on August 13
- 1311 » Alfonso XI, king of Castile and León († 1350)
- 1584 » Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland († 1640)
- 1625 » Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist († 1698)
- 1662 » Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1748)
- 1666 » William Wotton, English linguist and scholar († 1727)
- 1700 » Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician († 1763)
- 1717 » Louis François, Prince of Conti († 1776)
- 1756 » James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (d.1815)
- 1764 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general († 1813)
- 1790 » William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician († 1872)
Died on August 13
- 1297 » Nawrūz, Mongol emir
- 1311 » Pietro Gradenigo, doge of Venice
- 1382 » Eleanor of Aragon, queen of Castile (b. 1358)
- 1447 » Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan (b. 1392)
- 1523 » Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. 1460)
- 1608 » Giambologna, Italian sculptor (b. 1529)
- 1617 » Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman and theologian (b. 1540)
- 1667 » Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint (b. 1613)
- 1686 » Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
- 1721 » Jacques Lelong, French priest and author (b. 1665)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1455
- Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- February 23 » Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
- May 1 » Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland.
- May 22 » Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.