Historical Events In March - 13

1855  On this day in history percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)   

1858  Maximilien Luce, French painter on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)   

1860  On this day in history the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer   

1861  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1862  On March - 13 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  On this day in history uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service   

1865  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.   

1868  Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on March - 13.   

1869  On this day in history arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law   

1872  On March - 13 oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist   

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on March - 13.   

1878  On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on March - 13.   

1879  Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history 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   

1881  On March - 13 balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer   

1881  On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62   

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer on this day in history.   

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on March - 13.   

1884  The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on March - 13.   

1884  On this day in history uS adopts Standard Time   

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on March - 13.   

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  On March - 13 chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on this day in history.   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on March - 13.   

1890  On March - 13 michael Taube, composer   

1890  On March - 13 henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67   

1892  On March - 13 alec Rowley, composer   

1894  On March - 13 j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate   

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on March - 13.   

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on March - 13.   

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) was born on March - 13.   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on March - 13.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer   

1700  On March - 13 birth of michel Blavet, composer   

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  On this day in history death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  On this day in history death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

1516  Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on March - 13.   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1569  On March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on March - 13.   

1604  On this day in history death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)