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 this day in history.  

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

1861  Abraham Lincoln declared President on this day in history.  

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

1861  On this day in history uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)  

1862  Siege of Ft Donelson TN on February - 13.  

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

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1862  On February - 13 karel Weis, composer  

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

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 February - 13.  

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

1867  Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna on this day in history.  

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

1873  On February - 13 petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies  

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

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

1881  On February - 13 eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)  

1882  On February - 13 henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66  

1883  Bainbridge Crist, composer on February - 13.  

1883  Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64 on February - 13.  

1885  Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52) on February - 13.  

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  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  On February - 13 alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I  

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

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

1892  The birth of Grant Wood, American painter on this day in history.  

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

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1440  On February - 13 birth of hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian  

1457  Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.  

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

1599  On this day in history birth of alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)  

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 February - 13.  

1658  On this day in history 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 February - 13.  

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

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

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

1219  On this day in history death of minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)  

1237  Death of Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns on this day in history.  

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

1332  On February - 13 andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies