Births on April 13

Hendrik van Rheede

Born on April 13, 1636

Hendrik van Rheede, Dutch botanist (d. 1691)

Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein (Amsterdam, 13 April 1636 – at sea, 15 December 1691) was a military man and a colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company and naturalist. Between 1669 and 1676 he served as a governor of Dutch Malabar and employed twenty-five people on his book Hortus Malabaricus, describing 740 plants in the region. As Lord of Mydrecht, he also played a role in the governance of the Cape colonies. Many plants such as the vine Entada rheedii are named for him. The standard author abbreviation Rheede is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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Events on 1636

30 Apr

Siege of Schenkenschans
Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
4 Oct

Battle of Wittstock
The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
28 Oct

Massachusetts Bay Colony
A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

Births on April 13

Hendrik van Rheede

Born on April 13, 1636

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Siege of Schenkenschans

Battle of Wittstock

Massachusetts Bay Colony