Historical Events In March - 13

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

1858  On March - 13 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  On this day in history ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)   

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

1861  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1862  On this day in history vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  On March - 13 uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service   

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 March - 13.   

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

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

1872  On March - 13 oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist   

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on March - 13.   

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

1878  On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match   

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

1881  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1884  On this day in history uS adopts Standard Time   

1884  On this day in history emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)   

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

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

1887  On March - 13 chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on March - 13.   

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

1890  On this day in history michael Taube, composer   

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

1892  On this day in history alec Rowley, composer   

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

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1569  On March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  On this day in history death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

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