Historical Events In April - 13

1832  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on this day in history.   

1834  On April - 13 hMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia   

1842  Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope on April - 13.   

1847  Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico on this day in history.   

1847  On April - 13 cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

1849  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on April - 13.   

1849  On April - 13 enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist   

1852  The birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores on April - 13.   

1854  On April - 13 richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times)   

1858  On April - 13 john Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island.   

1860  1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif on this day in history.   

1860  James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history after 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates   

1861  On this day in history fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

1863  Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on April - 13.   

1864  On April - 13 johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins   

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again   

1865  On April - 13 battle of Raleigh, NC   

1865  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.   

1866  Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on April - 13.   

1867  Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward) on April - 13.   

1868  Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala on this day in history.   

1868  On April - 13 john Blackwood McEwen, composer   

1868  On this day in history theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide   

1869  On this day in history steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)   

1870  Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC on April - 13.   

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

1873  Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on April - 13.   

1873  On this day in history theodore Morse, composer   

1873  Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1877  A US newspaper, the Fort Benton Record, coins a slogan for the RCMP "They always get their man." Gee I always thought it was a Canadian eh saying on April - 13.   

1882  Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia on April - 13.   

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1506  Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546) was born on April - 13.   

1519  On April - 13 birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II   

1519  On this day in history birth of de Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France)   

1545  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II   

1547  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)   

1570  On April - 13 birth of guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)   

1573  On this day in history birth of christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)   

1584  Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.   

0799  On this day in history paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies   

0814  On this day in history death of krum of Bulgaria   

1093  On April - 13 death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

1279  Death of Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

1612  On April - 13 death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai   

1635  Death of Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572) on April - 13.   

1641  On this day in history death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)