Page 3: Historical Events In April - 13

1832  James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator) on this day in history.   

1834  HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia on this day in history.   

1842  Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope on April - 13.   

1847  Naval Forces begin 5 day battle to capture several towns in Mexico on April - 13.   

1847  On April - 13 cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

1849  On this day in history hungarian Republic proclaimed   

1849  Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist on this day in history.   

1852  The birth of F.W Woolworth, US founder of the 'Woolworth' stores on this day in history.   

1854  On April - 13 richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times)   

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 April - 13.   

1861  After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates on April - 13.   

1861  On this day in history fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

1863  Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on this day in history.   

1864  Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on April - 13.   

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again on April - 13.   

1865  Battle of Raleigh, NC on this day in history.   

1865  On April - 13 heinrich Reinhardt, composer   

1866  On this day in history butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born.   

1866  Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) on this day in history.   

1867  Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward) on April - 13.   

1868  On April - 13 abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.   

1868  John Blackwood McEwen, composer on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide   

1869  Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) on April - 13.   

1870  Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history a Roda Roda, writer   

1873  Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on April - 13.   

1873  On April - 13 theodore Morse, composer   

1873  Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history 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   

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  On April - 13 birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II   

1519  De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France) was born on April - 13.   

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

1547  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)   

1570  Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625) was born on April - 13.   

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  On this day in history death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)   

1279  Death of Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke on April - 13.   

1517  Death of Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged on April - 13.   

1612  On this day in history death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai   

1635  On April - 13 death of fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)   

1641  On April - 13 death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)