Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

1855  On this day in history percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)   

1858  On this day in history maximilien Luce, French painter   

1859  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 on this day in history.   

1859  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer   

1861  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.   

1862  On March - 13 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on March - 13.   

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

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

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

1869  On March - 13 arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law   

1872  Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist on March - 13.   

1875  On March - 13 maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)   

1878  On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on this day in history.   

1879  Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1881  Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62 on March - 13.   

1883  On this day in history enrico Toselli, composer   

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on March - 13.   

1884  The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on this day in history.   

1884  On March - 13 uS adopts Standard Time   

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 this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist   

1887  Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs on this day in history.   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on this day in history.   

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

1890  Michael Taube, composer on this day in history.   

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

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on this day in history.   

1894  J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate on March - 13.   

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on this day in history.   

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

1615  On March - 13 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  On this day in history birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal   

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer   

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

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on this day in history.   

1271  On March - 13 death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  On March - 13 death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

1516  On March - 13 vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  On March - 13 jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on March - 13.   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)