Historical Events In April - 13

1832  On April - 13 james Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)   

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

1842  On this day in history lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope   

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

1847  On this day in history cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)   

1849  On April - 13 hungarian Republic proclaimed   

1849  On this day in history enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist   

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  On this day in history john Quinn's Peninsula Hotel destroyed when storm cuts channel through peninsula, creating Toronto Island.   

1860  On April - 13 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif   

1860  On this day in history james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)   

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

1861  On April - 13 fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces   

1863  Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland) on April - 13.   

1864  On this day in history johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74   

1865  Sherman's march through Georgia begins on April - 13.   

1865  On April - 13 sherman's march through Georgia begins Southerners start promising that the South will rise again   

1865  On April - 13 battle of Raleigh, NC   

1865  Heinrich Reinhardt, composer on April - 13.   

1866  Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) born on April - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1868  On this day in history john Blackwood McEwen, composer   

1868  Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide on this day in history.   

1869  Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) on this day in history.   

1870  Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC on April - 13.   

1872  A Roda Roda, writer on April - 13.   

1873  Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed) on this day in history.   

1873  On April - 13 theodore Morse, composer   

1873  Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90 on April - 13.   

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  Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia on this day in history.   

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

1545  Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II was born on April - 13.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)   

0799  On this day in history paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies   

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  On April - 13 death of boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke   

1517  On April - 13 death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

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

1635  Death of Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572) on April - 13.   

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on this day in history.