Page 4: Historical Events In February - 13

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

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

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

1861  On this day in history abraham Lincoln declared President   

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

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

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

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

1862  Siege of Ft Donelson TN on this day in history.   

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

1862  Karel Weis, composer on February - 13.   

1864  On this day in history meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi   

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

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 this day in history johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna   

1870  Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer on February - 13.   

1873  Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies on this day in history.   

1874  Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic) on February - 13.   

1877  On this day in history jazeps Medins, composer   

1880  On this day in history 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 February - 13.   

1883  On this day in history pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64   

1885  Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52) on this day in history.   

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  Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class on February - 13.   

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 February - 13 david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77   

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

1892  Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic) on February - 13.   

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1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1457  Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482) was born on February - 13.   

1480  Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542) was born on February - 13.   

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

1610  On February - 13 birth of jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists   

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

1658  On this day in history birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  On this day in history birth of johann Sigismund Kusser, composer   

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

1130  On February - 13 honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies   

1141  Death of Béla II of Hungary (b. 1110) on February - 13.   

1199  On February - 13 stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

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

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

1315  Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on this day in history.   

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