Historical Events In April - 13
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
1832 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on April - 13.
1834 On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia
1842 On this day in history lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope
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 On this day in history hungarian Republic proclaimed
1849 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on April - 13.
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 this day in history john Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island.
1860 On April - 13 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif
1860 On April - 13 james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)
1861 On this day in history after 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates
1861 Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)
1864 Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on April - 13.
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 this day in history battle of Raleigh, NC
1865 On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer
1866 Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on April - 13.
1866 On this day in history butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
1867 On April - 13 sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward)
1868 On this day in history abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.
1868 John Blackwood McEwen, composer on this day in history.
1868 Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on April - 13.
1869 On April - 13 steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)
1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC on April - 13.
1872 A Roda Roda, writer on this day in history.
1873 Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on this day in history.
1873 Theodore Morse, composer on April - 13.
1873 On this day in history carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90
1877 On this day in history 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
1882 Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia on April - 13.
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