Historical Events In January - 13

1863  Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY on this day in history.   

1863  Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet on January - 13.   

1863  Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, NYC on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history composer Stephen Foster dies in New York at age 39, while recuperating from loss of blood from a fever-induced fall in his hotel room.   

1864  Wilhelm K W Wien, German phyicist (Nobel 1911) on January - 13.   

1864  On this day in history stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY   

1865  Amphibious attack on Fort Fisher, NC on this day in history.   

1865  -Jan 15th] BBT & CPT Ft Fisher, NC on January - 13.   

1866  On January - 13 vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer   

1869  Colored National Labor Union, first Black labor convention on this day in history.   

1869  On January - 13 national convention of black leaders meets in Washington DC   

1869  Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention on January - 13.   

1869  Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist on January - 13.   

1870  On January - 13 henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko)   

1873  On this day in history pBS Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana Governor   

1873  P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor on January - 13.   

1874  On January - 13 battle between jobless &police in New York City NY, 100s injured   

1874  On this day in history imperial Russian Government issues second decree which amended the one of June 4, 1871. The second decree instituted compulsory military conscription for the German colonists. These two decrees impelled thousands of German Russians to immigrate to North and South America.   

1874  US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king on this day in history.   

1874  Battle between jobless & police in NYC, 100s injuried on January - 13.   

1874  Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin on January - 13.   

1879  WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on January - 13.   

1882  Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal" on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430   

1883  On January - 13 henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende," premieres in Oslo   

1884  Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan) on January - 13.   

1885  Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man) on this day in history.   

1885  Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) on January - 13.   

1888  On January - 13 national Geographic Society founded   

1888  National Geographic Society founded (Washington DC) on January - 13.   

1888  National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC) on January - 13.   

1892  On this day in history paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948)   

1892  Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62 on January - 13.   

1893  British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader) on January - 13.   

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1334  King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379) was born on January - 13.   

1381  On January - 13 birth of st Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)   

1406  Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile) was born on this day in history.   

1505  Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg) was born on January - 13.   

1562  Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter   

1610  Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665) was born on January - 13.   

1616  Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic was born on January - 13.   

0086  On January - 13 death of gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)   

0533  Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96 on this day in history.   

0858  On this day in history aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies   

0888  On January - 13 charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies   

1049  Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle on January - 13.   

1138  On this day in history death of simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)   

1151  On this day in history death of abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)   

1177  Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies on January - 13.