Page 4: Historical Events In February - 13

1858  On this day in history sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa   

1859  On this day in history frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist   

1860  King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes on February - 13.   

1861  On this day in history abraham Lincoln declared President   

1861  On February - 13 colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians   

1861  On this day in history the first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona   

1861  1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ on this day in history.   

1861  Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian) on this day in history.   

1862  Siege of Ft Donelson TN on February - 13.   

1862  On this day in history -Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN   

1862  Karel Weis, composer on this day in history.   

1864  Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi on this day in history.   

1864  On February - 13 miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi   

1866  Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty MO ($15,000) on February - 13.   

1866  Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) on this day in history.   

1867  Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna on February - 13.   

1870  On this day in history leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer   

1873  On this day in history petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies   

1874  On this day in history hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)   

1877  Jazeps Medins, composer on February - 13.   

1880  Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards on February - 13.   

1881  On February - 13 the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.   

1881  Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin) on February - 13.   

1882  On this day in history henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66   

1883  On this day in history bainbridge Crist, composer   

1883  On February - 13 pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64   

1885  On this day in history elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)   

1886  Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class on this day in history.   

1886  Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class on this day in history.   

1887  Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I on February - 13.   

1888  Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier on February - 13.   

1891  On this day in history david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77   

1892  On February - 13 the birth of Grant Wood, American painter.   

1892  Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic) on this day in history.   

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1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on February - 13.   

1457  On February - 13 birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)   

1480  Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) was born on February - 13.   

1610  On this day in history birth of jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists   

1622  On this day in history birth of adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized   

1658  On February - 13 birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  On February - 13 birth of johann Sigismund Kusser, composer   

0858  Death of Kenneth I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on this day in history.   

1141  On this day in history death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

1199  Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies on February - 13.   

1219  On February - 13 death of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)   

1237  On this day in history death of jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns   

1315  On February - 13 jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies   

1332  Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies on February - 13.