Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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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