Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

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

1858  On this day in history maximilien Luce, French painter   

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  The birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer on March - 13.   

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

1862  Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer on March - 13.   

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

1865  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.   

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

1869  Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on this day in history.   

1872  On March - 13 oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist   

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

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

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on March - 13.   

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

1881  On March - 13 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   

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

1881  On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62   

1883  On March - 13 enrico Toselli, composer   

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on March - 13.   

1884  On March - 13 the birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist   

1884  US adopts Standard Time on March - 13.   

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

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

1886  On March - 13 henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist   

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

1887  On this day in history carlos Isamitt, composer   

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

1890  Michael Taube, composer on March - 13.   

1890  Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 on March - 13.   

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  On March - 13 birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On this day in history birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

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

1683  On this day in history birth of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

1700  James Kent, composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  Michel Blavet, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on this day in history.   

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 March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

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

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on this day in history.