Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

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

1834  HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia on April - 13.   

1842  On this day in history 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  On this day in history cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

1849  On April - 13 hungarian Republic proclaimed   

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

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

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

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

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

1863  On April - 13 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  Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on April - 13.   

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

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  John Blackwood McEwen, composer on this day in history.   

1868  On April - 13 theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide   

1869  Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) on April - 13.   

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

1872  A Roda Roda, writer on April - 13.   

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

1873  On April - 13 theodore Morse, composer   

1873  On April - 13 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  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 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On April - 13 birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)   

0799  On April - 13 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  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 April - 13.   

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)