Historical Events In April - 13
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1832 On this day in history james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)
1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia on April - 13.
1842 Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope on April - 13.
1847 On April - 13 naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico
1847 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies) on April - 13.
1849 Hungarian Republic proclaimed on this day in history.
1849 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on this day in history.
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 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif on this day in history.
1860 James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen) on this day in history.
1861 After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates on this day in history.
1861 Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces on April - 13.
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 April - 13.
1865 Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history battle of Raleigh, NC
1865 Heinrich Reinhardt, composer on this day in history.
1866 Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on April - 13.
1866 On April - 13 butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
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 April - 13.
1868 On this day in history john Blackwood McEwen, composer
1868 On April - 13 theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide
1869 On April - 13 steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)
1870 On this day in history metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC
1872 On this day in history a Roda Roda, writer
1873 Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on April - 13.
1873 Theodore Morse, composer on this day in history.
1873 Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
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 On April - 13 anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
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