Historical Events In April - 13

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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1506  On April - 13 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 this day in history birth of de Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France)   

1545  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II   

1547  Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

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

1573  Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0814  On April - 13 death of krum of Bulgaria   

1093  Death of Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030) on April - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.