Historical Events In March - 13
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1855 On this day in history percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
1858 On March - 13 maximilien Luce, French painter
1859 On March - 13 john Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
1859 Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer
1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.
1862 Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer on March - 13.
1865 On March - 13 uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
1865 On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
1868 Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.
1868 On March - 13 senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on this day in history.
1872 On this day in history oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
1875 Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on March - 13.
1878 On March - 13 oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match
1878 On March - 13 oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
1879 Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1881 In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government on this day in history.
1881 Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on this day in history.
1881 On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62
1883 Enrico Toselli, composer on March - 13.
1884 Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on this day in history.
1884 The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on March - 13.
1884 US adopts Standard Time on March - 13.
1884 On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)
1885 In Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional on March - 13.
1886 On March - 13 henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist
1887 Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs on March - 13.
1887 Carlos Isamitt, composer on March - 13.
1888 On March - 13 great Blizzard of 1888 rages
1890 Michael Taube, composer on March - 13.
1890 On this day in history henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67
1892 Alec Rowley, composer on March - 13.
1894 J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate on March - 13.
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