Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on this day in history.   

1834  On this day in history 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  Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies) on April - 13.   

1849  On this day in history hungarian Republic proclaimed   

1849  On April - 13 enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist   

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  On April - 13 john Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island.   

1860  On April - 13 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif   

1860  On April - 13 james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)   

1861  After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates on this day in history.   

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

1863  Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on April - 13.   

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

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins   

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 this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.   

1866  On April - 13 butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

1873  On this day in history colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)   

1873  Theodore Morse, composer on April - 13.   

1873  On this day in history 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  On April - 13 anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia   

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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  On this day in history birth of de Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France)   

1545  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II   

1547  Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568) was born on April - 13.   

1570  Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606) was born on April - 13.   

1573  On this day in history birth of christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)   

1584  On April - 13 birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)   

0799  On this day in history paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies   

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

1093  On this day in history death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

1279  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history death of fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)   

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on April - 13.