Historical Events In March - 13

1855  On March - 13 percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)   

1858  Maximilien Luce, French painter on March - 13.   

1859  On March - 13 john Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.   

1859  On March - 13 ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)   

1860  On March - 13 the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer   

1861  On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1862  Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer on this day in history.   

1865  US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on this day in history.   

1865  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on March - 13.   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on March - 13.   

1868  On this day in history senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1869  On this day in history arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law   

1872  Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match on March - 13.   

1878  On March - 13 oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match   

1879  On March - 13 adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government on this day in history.   

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on March - 13.   

1881  On this day in history alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62   

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history siege of Khartoum Sudan begins   

1884  The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on March - 13.   

1884  US adopts Standard Time on this day in history.   

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on March - 13.   

1885  In Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional on March - 13.   

1886  Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist on this day in history.   

1887  On March - 13 chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

1887  On March - 13 carlos Isamitt, composer   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on this day in history.   

1890  Michael Taube, composer on March - 13.   

1890  On March - 13 henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67   

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on March - 13.   

1894  On this day in history j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate   

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on March - 13.   

1548  On this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On March - 13 birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  On this day in history birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on March - 13.   

1700  James Kent, composer was born on March - 13.   

1700  Michel Blavet, composer was born on March - 13.   

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on March - 13.   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on March - 13.   

1395  On this day in history death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on March - 13.   

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on March - 13.   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13.