Page 4: Historical Events In February - 13

1858  Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa on this day in history.   

1859  On February - 13 frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist   

1860  King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes on this day in history.   

1861  On February - 13 abraham Lincoln declared President   

1861  On this day in history 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  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 February - 13.   

1862  Siege of Ft Donelson TN on February - 13.   

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

1862  On this day in history karel Weis, composer   

1864  Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi on February - 13.   

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

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

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  Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer on this day in history.   

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 February - 13 jazeps Medins, composer   

1880  Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards on this day in history.   

1881  The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert on this day in history.   

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

1882  Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66 on February - 13.   

1883  Bainbridge Crist, composer on February - 13.   

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

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

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

1886  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier   

1891  On February - 13 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 February - 13.   

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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 February - 13.   

1599  Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) was born on this day in history.   

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

1622  On February - 13 birth of adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized   

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

1660  Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on February - 13.   

0858  On February - 13 death of kenneth I of Scotland   

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

1141  On February - 13 death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

1199  On this day in history stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on February - 13.   

1237  On February - 13 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 this day in history.