Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

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 April - 13 lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope   

1847  On April - 13 naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico   

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

1849  On April - 13 hungarian Republic proclaimed   

1849  On April - 13 enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist   

1852  On April - 13 the birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores   

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  James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen) on this day in history.   

1861  After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates on April - 13.   

1861  Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces on April - 13.   

1863  Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on this day in history.   

1864  On April - 13 johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins   

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 April - 13.   

1865  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.   

1866  Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on April - 13.   

1867  Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward) on April - 13.   

1868  On this day in history abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.   

1868  On this day in history john Blackwood McEwen, composer   

1868  Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on April - 13.   

1869  On this day in history steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)   

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

1872  A Roda Roda, writer on April - 13.   

1873  Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on April - 13.   

1873  Theodore Morse, composer on April - 13.   

1873  Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on April - 13.   

1877  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 on April - 13.   

1882  Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia on this day in history.   

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1506  Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546) was born on April - 13.   

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  On this day in history birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II   

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

1570  On April - 13 birth of guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)   

1573  On this day in history birth of christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)   

1584  On April - 13 birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)   

0799  On this day in history paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies   

0814  On this day in history death of krum of Bulgaria   

1093  Death of Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1279  Death of Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on April - 13.   

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

1612  On this day in history death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai   

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

1641  On April - 13 death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)