Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 13 cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

1849  On this day in history 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  Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times) on this day in history.   

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 April - 13.   

1860  On this day in history james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)   

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

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

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

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

1865  On this day in history sherman's march through Georgia begins   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again on this day in history.   

1865  Battle of Raleigh, NC on April - 13.   

1865  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer on this day in history.   

1866  Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on this day in history.   

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

1867  On this day in history 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 this day in history john Blackwood McEwen, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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1506  On this day in history birth of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)   

1519  On April - 13 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  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  Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606) was born on April - 13.   

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

0814  Death of Krum of Bulgaria on this day in history.   

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