Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on this day in history.   

1834  On April - 13 hMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia   

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

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

1847  On this day in history cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

1849  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist   

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

1854  On this day in history 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  1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif on this day in history.   

1860  On April - 13 james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)   

1861  On April - 13 after 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates   

1861  On April - 13 fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

1863  On April - 13 battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

1864  Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on April - 13.   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins on this day in history.   

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

1865  On April - 13 battle of Raleigh, NC   

1865  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

1866  Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on April - 13.   

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

1867  On April - 13 sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward)   

1868  Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala on this day in history.   

1868  On April - 13 john Blackwood McEwen, composer   

1868  On this day in history theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide   

1869  On April - 13 steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)   

1870  On April - 13 metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC   

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 this day in history.   

1519  Catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)   

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

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 April - 13.   

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

1279  On April - 13 death of boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke   

1517  Death of Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged on April - 13.   

1612  On April - 13 death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai   

1635  Death of Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572) on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)