Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

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  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 this day in history.   

1849  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on April - 13.   

1849  Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on April - 13.   

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

1854  On April - 13 richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times)   

1858  John Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island on this day in history.   

1860  1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif on this day in history.   

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  On April - 13 fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

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  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again   

1865  Battle of Raleigh, NC on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 13 heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

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

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)   

1867  On this day in history sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward)   

1868  On April - 13 abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.   

1868  John Blackwood McEwen, composer on April - 13.   

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

1869  On this day in history steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)   

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

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

1873  Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on this day in history.   

1873  On April - 13 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  Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1545  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 13.   

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  Death of Krum of Bulgaria on April - 13.   

1093  On April - 13 death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

1279  On April - 13 death of boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke   

1517  Death of Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged on April - 13.   

1612  Death of Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on April - 13.   

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

1641  On this day in history death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)