Page 4: Historical Events In February - 13

1858  On February - 13 sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa   

1859  Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist on February - 13.   

1860  On this day in history king Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes   

1861  On February - 13 abraham Lincoln declared President   

1861  Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians on this day in history.   

1861  The first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona on February - 13.   

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

1861  On February - 13 uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)   

1862  On this day in history siege of Ft Donelson TN   

1862  On February - 13 -Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN   

1862  On this day in history karel Weis, composer   

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

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

1866  On February - 13 jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty MO ($15,000)   

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

1867  On February - 13 johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna   

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

1873  Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies on February - 13.   

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

1877  Jazeps Medins, composer on February - 13.   

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

1881  On this day in history 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 February - 13 henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66   

1883  Bainbridge Crist, composer on this day in history.   

1883  Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1885  On February - 13 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 February - 13.   

1886  On February - 13 painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class   

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

1888  On February - 13 georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier   

1891  David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77 on February - 13.   

1892  The birth of Grant Wood, American painter on February - 13.   

1892  On this day in history grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic)   

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

1457  On this day in history birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)   

1480  On this day in history birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)   

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

1610  Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists was born on February - 13.   

1622  Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0858  On this day in history death of kenneth I of Scotland   

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on February - 13.   

1141  Death of Béla II of Hungary (b. 1110) on this day in history.   

1199  Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies on this day in history.   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on this day in history.   

1237  Death of Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns on February - 13.   

1315  On this day in history jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies   

1332  Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies on this day in history.