Deaths in History on October 13

Roman Emperor (41-54), dies of poison mushrooms at 63

1093 Robrecht I, the Fries, Count of Flanders, dies
1282 Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222)
1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35
1415 Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1508 Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446)
1605 Theodore Beza, French Reformed Protestant theologian, dies at 86
1643 Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61
1652 Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies
1673 Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617)
1680 Daniel Elsevier, Dutch book publisher, dies at 54
1687 Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633)
1706 Iyasu I, the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (1682-1706) (b. 1654)
1708 Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk and fieldmarshal, dies at 67
1715 Nicolas Malebranche, French rationalist philosopher, dies at 77
1759 John Henley, English clergyman, dies at 64
1774 Willem Bentinck, Dutch politician and Orangist, dies at 69
1788 Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702)
1795 William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier ("Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes"), dies at 69

British army officer who successfully defended Upper Canada in War of 1812, dies in battle at 43

1815 Joachim Murat, French soldier, Marshal of France and King of Naples (1808-15), executed by firing squad at 48
1822 Antonio Canova, Italian Neoclassical sculptor (The Three Graces), 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, French writer (Tableau Historique), dies at 64
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 and teacher, executed by firing squad at 50
1918 Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies fighting in WWI at 27
1919 Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1920 Isaac Capadose, Dutch 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)
1938 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), dies at 43
1941 GJ Berenschot, Dutch Army General and Supreme Commander of Dutch East Indies army, dies

American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company) and philanthropist, 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 Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist (1948 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering effects of DDT), dies at 66
1984 Alice Neel, American painter dies ages 84

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 at 70
1992 James Marshall, American illustrator and author (George and Martha, The Stupids), dies of a brain tumor at 50
1995 Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter, dies at 71
1995 Henry Roth, American writer (Call it Sleep), dies at 89
1996 Albert Hughes Williams, Welsh teacher and historian, dies at 89
1996 Henri Nannen, German journalist (Der Stern), 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

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 Bob Lassiter 'Mad Dog', American radio personality, dies at 61
2006 Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921)
2007 Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
2008 Matthew J. Rinaldo, American politician (Rep-R-NJ, 1973-93), dies at 77
2009 Stephen Barnett, American legal scholar who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 (b. 1935)
2010 Khoisan X [Benny Alexander], South African activist (Secretary-General for the Pan-Africanist Movement), dies of a stroke at 55
2010 Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
2012 Marc Awodey, American artist and writer, dies at 51
2015 Michael Walsh, British Army officer (Operation Musketeer), dies at 88

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 Jim Prentice, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014-15), dies in a plane crash at 60
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
2021 Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), dies at 92
2022 James "Jim" McDivitt, American Air Force Brigadier General and NASA astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9), dies at 93