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Tecumseh ( / tɪˈkʌmsə, - si / tih-KUM-sə, -see; c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity.
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron, Antonio Barezzi. Verdi came to dominate the Italian ...
The Battle of Leipzig [e] ( French: Bataille de Leipsick; German: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, [ˈfœlkɐˌʃlaxt baɪ̯ ˈlaɪ̯pt͡sɪç] ⓘ; Swedish: Slaget vid Leipzig ), also known as the Battle of the Nations, [14] was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led ...
Joseph-Louis Lagrange [a] (born Giuseppe Luigi Lagrangia [5] [b] or Giuseppe Ludovico De la Grange Tournier; [6] [c] 25 January 1736 – 10 April 1813), also reported as Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange [7] or Lagrangia, [8] was an Italian mathematician, physicist and astronomer, later naturalized French. He made significant contributions to the fields ...
John Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene.He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology and early germ theory, in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in London's Soho, which he identified as a particular public water pump.
Johann Baptist Wanhal. Johann Baptist Wanhal. Johann Baptist Wanhal (12 May 1739 – 20 August 1813) [1] was a Czech classical music composer. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. He was an instrumental performer as well.
Napoleon not in command. In the Battle of Lützen (German: Schlacht von Großgörschen, 2 May 1813), Napoleon I of France defeated an allied army of the Sixth Coalition. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to forestall Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked the French right wing near Lützen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany ...
