Page 4: Historical Events In April - 30
Friday, 13 February 2026
1869 Hawaiian YMCA organized 

1870 Franz Lehar, Hungarian composer is born 

1870 Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta). 

1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 

1874 Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer 

1882 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (To the Invisible). 

1883 David John de Lloyd, composer. 

1884 Albert Israel Elkus, composer. 

1885 Boston Pops Orchestra forms 

1885 Luigi Russolo, composer. 

1886 Frank Merrik, composer 

1887 1st game played at Broad and Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 

1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 

1888 Hail stones results in the deaths of about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi 

1888 John Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder) 

1889 inaugural US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration. 

1889 George Washington Bridge linking NYC and NJ opens 

1889 1st US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration. 

1889 Acario Cotapos, composer 

1891 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik) 

1893 Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61 

1895 Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78 

1896 Gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith) 

1896 Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68. 

1898 Championship wrestling match at the Met turns into a brawl. 

1898 Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl 

1899 Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author (regional novels). 

1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match 

1900 John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck. 

1902 Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélissande," premieres in Paris 

1902 Andre-Francois Marescotti, composer 

1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Wash Senators, 6-2 

1903 Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve). 

1903 Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831) 

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