Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1832 James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on this day in history.
1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia on April - 13.
1842 On this day in history 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 On this day in history cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)
1849 On April - 13 hungarian Republic proclaimed
1849 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on April - 13.
1852 The birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores on April - 13.
1854 On April - 13 richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times)
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 April - 13.
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 this day in history fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces
1863 On April - 13 battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)
1864 On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74
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 April - 13.
1865 On April - 13 heinrich Reinhardt, composer
1866 Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on April - 13.
1866 On April - 13 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 April - 13.
1870 On April - 13 metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC
1872 A Roda Roda, writer on April - 13.
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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