February 13

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[edit] Events

• 1575 - Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims.
• 1692 - Massacre of Glencoe : About 78 Macdonalds Clan at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
• 1945 - World War II: The Royal Air Force bombers were dispatched to Dresden, Germany to destroy the city by massive aerial bombardment.

[edit] Births

• 1721 - John Reid, British army general and composer (d. 1807)

[edit] Deaths

• 858 - Kenneth I of Scotland
• 1657 - Miles Sindercombe, attempted assassin of Oliver Cromwell
• 1883 - Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)