Historical Events In January - 13

1863  On this day in history chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY   

1863  On January - 13 thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet   

1863  Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, NYC on January - 13.   

1864  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 on this day in history.   

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

1864  On January - 13 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  On this day in history -Jan 15th] BBT & CPT Ft Fisher, NC   

1866  On this day in history vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer   

1869  On January - 13 colored National Labor Union, first Black labor convention   

1869  On this day in history national convention of black leaders meets in Washington DC   

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

1869  On January - 13 emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist   

1870  Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko) on January - 13.   

1873  PBS Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana Governor on this day in history.   

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

1874  Battle between jobless &police in New York City NY, 100s injured on January - 13.   

1874  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 on this day in history.   

1874  US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king on January - 13.   

1874  On this day in history battle between jobless & police in NYC, 100s injuried   

1874  Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin on this day in history.   

1879  WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1883  On January - 13 fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430   

1883  Henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende," premieres in Oslo on January - 13.   

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

1885  On January - 13 alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)   

1885  Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) on this day in history.   

1888  National Geographic Society founded on January - 13.   

1888  On January - 13 national Geographic Society founded (Washington DC)   

1888  On January - 13 national Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC)   

1892  Paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948) on this day in history.   

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  On January - 13 birth of king Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)   

1381  St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares) was born on January - 13.   

1406  Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile) was born on January - 13.   

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

1562  On this day in history birth of mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)   

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

1610  On January - 13 birth of maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)   

1616  On January - 13 birth of antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic   

0086  On this day in history 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 January - 13.   

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

0888  Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies on January - 13.   

1049  On January - 13 derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle   

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

1151  Death of Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081) on this day in history.   

1177  Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies on this day in history.