Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  On this day in history james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)   

1834  HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia on April - 13.   

1842  Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope on this day in history.   

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

1847  Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies) on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history hungarian Republic proclaimed   

1849  Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on April - 13.   

1852  On this day in history the birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores   

1854  Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times) on this day in history.   

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  James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen) on April - 13.   

1861  After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates on this day in history.   

1861  On April - 13 fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

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

1864  Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins on April - 13.   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again on April - 13.   

1865  Battle of Raleigh, NC on this day in history.   

1865  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer on this day in history.   

1866  Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)   

1867  Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward) on this day in history.   

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  On April - 13 theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide   

1869  Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) on this day in history.   

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

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

1873  On April - 13 colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)   

1873  On April - 13 theodore Morse, composer   

1873  On April - 13 carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90   

1877  On April - 13 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 this day in history.   

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1506  On this day in history birth of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)   

1519  On this day in history 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  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II was born on April - 13.   

1547  Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

1570  Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625) was born on April - 13.   

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  Death of Krum of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

1093  Death of Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030) on April - 13.   

1279  On this day in history death of boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke   

1517  On April - 13 death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

1612  Death of Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on April - 13.   

1635  On this day in history death of fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)   

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on this day in history.