Births on January 13

Christoph Graupner

Born on January 13, 1683

Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)

Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel.

References

Christoph Graupner

Choose Another Date

Events on 1683

16 Jul

Battle of Penghu
Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
12 Sep

Battle of Vienna
Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
3 Oct

Battle of Penghu
The Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
6 Oct

Germantown, Philadelphia
German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.