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  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  On April - 13 hungarian Republic proclaimed   

1849  On April - 13 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 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 this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)   

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

1861  Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces on April - 13.   

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

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

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

1865  On this day in history sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again   

1865  On this day in history battle of Raleigh, NC   

1865  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer on April - 13.   

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

1866  Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on this day in history.   

1867  Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward) on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.   

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  Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC on this day in history.   

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

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

1873  Theodore Morse, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

0814  On April - 13 death of krum of Bulgaria   

1093  Death of Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

1279  Death of Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on April - 13.   

1517  On April - 13 death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

1612  On April - 13 death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai   

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

1641  On April - 13 death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)