Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico   

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

1849  On this day in history hungarian Republic proclaimed   

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

1852  On this day in history the birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores   

1854  Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times) on this day in history.   

1858  John Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif   

1860  On this day in history james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)   

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

1861  Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces on April - 13.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)   

1864  Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins   

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 April - 13.   

1865  On April - 13 heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

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

1866  Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on April - 13.   

1867  On April - 13 sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward)   

1868  Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history john Blackwood McEwen, composer   

1868  Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on April - 13.   

1869  On April - 13 steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)   

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

1872  A Roda Roda, writer on April - 13.   

1873  On April - 13 colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)   

1873  Theodore Morse, composer on April - 13.   

1873  Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on April - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1882  Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia on this day in history.   

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1506  On this day in history birth of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)   

1519  Catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II was born on April - 13.   

1519  On April - 13 birth of de Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France)   

1545  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II was born on this day in history.   

1547  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)   

1570  On this day in history birth of guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)   

1573  On April - 13 birth of christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)   

1584  On April - 13 birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)   

0799  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on April - 13.   

0814  Death of Krum of Bulgaria on April - 13.   

1093  On April - 13 death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

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

1517  On this day in history death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

1612  Death of Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on April - 13.   

1635  On April - 13 death of fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)   

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on April - 13.