Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on April - 13.   

1834  On this day in history hMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia   

1842  On this day in history lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope   

1847  Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico on April - 13.   

1847  On this day in history cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

1849  Hungarian Republic proclaimed on April - 13.   

1849  Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on April - 13.   

1852  On April - 13 the birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores   

1854  Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times) on April - 13.   

1858  On April - 13 john Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island.   

1860  1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif on April - 13.   

1860  On April - 13 james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)   

1861  After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates on April - 13.   

1861  On April - 13 fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

1863  On April - 13 battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

1864  On April - 13 johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again   

1865  Battle of Raleigh, NC on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.   

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)   

1867  Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward) on April - 13.   

1868  On this day in history abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.   

1868  John Blackwood McEwen, composer on April - 13.   

1868  Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)   

1870  Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC on April - 13.   

1872  On April - 13 a Roda Roda, writer   

1873  Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history theodore Morse, composer   

1873  On April - 13 carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90   

1877  A US newspaper, the Fort Benton Record, coins a slogan for the RCMP "They always get their man." Gee I always thought it was a Canadian eh saying on April - 13.   

1882  Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia on April - 13.   

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1506  On April - 13 birth of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)   

1519  On this day in history birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II   

1519  De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France) was born on April - 13.   

1545  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II   

1547  Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

1570  Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606) was born on April - 13.   

1573  Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625) was born on April - 13.   

1584  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)   

0799  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on this day in history.   

0814  On this day in history death of krum of Bulgaria   

1093  On this day in history death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

1279  On this day in history death of boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke   

1517  On April - 13 death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

1612  Death of Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on this day in history.   

1635  Death of Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572) on April - 13.   

1641  On April - 13 death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)