Historical Events In March - 13
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1855 Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) on this day in history.
1858 On March - 13 maximilien Luce, French painter
1859 On this day in history 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 Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) on March - 13.
1860 The birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer on March - 13.
1861 On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
1862 On March - 13 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer
1865 On March - 13 uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
1865 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on March - 13.
1868 Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.
1868 Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on March - 13.
1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on March - 13.
1872 On March - 13 oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
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 March - 13.
1879 On March - 13 adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60
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 March - 13.
1881 On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62
1883 On this day in history enrico Toselli, composer
1884 Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on this day in history.
1884 The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history 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 March - 13.
1886 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist on this day in history.
1887 On this day in history chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs
1887 On this day in history carlos Isamitt, composer
1888 On March - 13 great Blizzard of 1888 rages
1890 On this day in history michael Taube, composer
1890 Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1892 Alec Rowley, composer on this day in history.
1894 On this day in history j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate
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