Deaths in History on October 13

54 Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63

1812 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle at 43

1815 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed
1822 Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, dies at 64
1825 Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria, dies at 69
1852 John Stephens, American explorer and archaeologist (pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America), dies at 46
1869 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Fren writer (Tableau Historique), dies
1879 Henry Charles Carey, American economist (Principles of Poli Economy), dies at 85
1882 Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (b. 1816)
1890 Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 74
1904 Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870)
1909 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed
1918 Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies
1919 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1920 Isaac Capadose, clergyman in the Catholic Apostolic Church, dies at 86
1926 Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philological and writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61
1928 Maria Feodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia, dies at 80
1931 Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)

1945 Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company), dies at 86

1947 Sydney Webb, English socialist and economist (founded London School of Economics) and husband of Beatrice Webb, dies at 88
1950 Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
1955 Manuel Ávila Camacho, 45th President of Mexico (1940-46), dies at 58
1965 Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66
1984 Alice Neel, American painter dies ages 84

1987 Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85

1990 Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese revolutionary general, politician and negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78
1991 Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies
1992 James Marshall, American illustrator/author (George and Martha, The Stupids), dies of a brain tumor at 50
1995 Henry Roth, American writer (Call it Sleep), dies at 89
1995 Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter, dies at 71
1996 Albert Hughes Williams, teacher and historian, dies at 89
1996 Henri Nannen, journalist, dies at 82
1997 Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies
1997 Richard Mason, English author (The World of Suzie Wong), dies at 78
2000 Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party, dies at 90

2002 Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian (Band of Brothers), dies of lung cancer at 66

2003 Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
2004 Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, dies at 89
2005 Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
2006 Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921)
2007 Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
2009 Stephen Barnett, American legal scholar who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 (b. 1935)
2010 Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
2012 Marc Awodey, American artist and writer, dies at 51

2016 Bhumibol Adulyadej [Rama IX], King of Thailand (1946-2016), was world's longest reigning monarch, dies at 88

2016 Dario Fo, Italian playwright and performer (Nobel Prize Literature 1997), dies at 90
2016 John Gilmore, American true crime author (Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder), dies at 81
2018 Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English Labour politician, dies at 77