Historical Events In February - 13

1858  On February - 13 sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa   

1859  Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist on this day in history.   

1860  On February - 13 king Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes   

1861  Abraham Lincoln declared President on February - 13.   

1861  On February - 13 colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians   

1861  The first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona on this day in history.   

1861  1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)   

1862  On this day in history siege of Ft Donelson TN   

1862  -Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN on February - 13.   

1862  Karel Weis, composer on February - 13.   

1864  Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi on February - 13.   

1864  On this day in history miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi   

1866  On this day in history jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty MO ($15,000)   

1866  Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) on this day in history.   

1867  Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna on February - 13.   

1870  On this day in history leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer   

1873  Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies on this day in history.   

1874  Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic) on February - 13.   

1877  On this day in history jazeps Medins, composer   

1880  On this day in history work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.   

1881  The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert on this day in history.   

1881  On February - 13 eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)   

1882  Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66 on February - 13.   

1883  Bainbridge Crist, composer on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64   

1885  Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52) on this day in history.   

1886  On February - 13 painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class   

1886  On this day in history painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class   

1887  On this day in history alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I   

1888  Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier on this day in history.   

1891  David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history the birth of Grant Wood, American painter.   

1892  Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic) on this day in history.   

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1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1457  On February - 13 birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)   

1480  On February - 13 birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)   

1599  Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) was born on February - 13.   

1610  Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists was born on this day in history.   

1622  Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized was born on February - 13.   

1658  On February - 13 birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on February - 13.   

0858  On February - 13 death of kenneth I of Scotland   

1130  On February - 13 honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies   

1141  On this day in history death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

1199  On February - 13 stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on this day in history.   

1237  On this day in history death of jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns   

1315  Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on this day in history.   

1332  On this day in history andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies