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

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

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

1849  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on April - 13.   

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

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

1854  Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times) on April - 13.   

1858  On April - 13 john Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island.   

1860  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

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 April - 13 battle of Raleigh, NC   

1865  On April - 13 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  Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala on this day in history.   

1868  John Blackwood McEwen, composer on April - 13.   

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

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

1870  On this day in history metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC   

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

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

1873  Theodore Morse, composer on this day in history.   

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

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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1506  Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.   

1519  On this day in history birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II   

1519  De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France) was born on April - 13.   

1545  On April - 13 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  Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1584  Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666) was born on April - 13.   

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

0814  On April - 13 death of krum of Bulgaria   

1093  On this day in history death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

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 this day in history.   

1635  On April - 13 death of fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)   

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on April - 13.