Historical Events In April - 13

1832  On April - 13 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)   

1834  HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope   

1847  On this day in history 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  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on April - 13.   

1849  Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on this day in history.   

1852  The birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores on this day in history.   

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  1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif on April - 13.   

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

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

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

1863  On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

1864  On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins on April - 13.   

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 April - 13.   

1865  On April - 13 heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

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

1866  On April - 13 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  On April - 13 john Blackwood McEwen, composer   

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 this day in history metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC   

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

1873  On April - 13 colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)   

1873  On this day in history theodore Morse, composer   

1873  Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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 April - 13.   

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

1519  On this day in history birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II   

1519  On April - 13 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 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 this day in history.   

1573  On April - 13 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  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on April - 13.   

0814  Death of Krum of Bulgaria on April - 13.   

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

1612  On this day in history death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai   

1635  On this day in history 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)