Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on April - 13.   

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

1849  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on this day in history.   

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  Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times) on April - 13.   

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 April - 13.   

1860  James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history after 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates   

1861  Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1865  Battle of Raleigh, NC on April - 13.   

1865  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

1866  On April - 13 butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.   

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  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  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

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  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  Catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 April - 13.   

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

0814  On this day in history death of krum of Bulgaria   

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

1279  Death of Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

1612  Death of Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on this day in history.   

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

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on this day in history.