Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  On April - 13 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)   

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

1842  On April - 13 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 April - 13.   

1847  Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies) on April - 13.   

1849  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on April - 13.   

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

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

1861  On this day in history fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

1863  On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

1864  On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

1865  On this day in history 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  Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on this day in history.   

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

1869  Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) on April - 13.   

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

1872  A Roda Roda, writer on this day in history.   

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

1873  On this day in history theodore Morse, composer   

1873  On this day in history carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90   

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 this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia   

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

1519  Catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II was born on April - 13.   

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

1545  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II was born on April - 13.   

1547  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)   

1570  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0799  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on this day in history.   

0814  On April - 13 death of krum of Bulgaria   

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

1279  On April - 13 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  Death of Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572) on this day in history.   

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