Page 4: Historical Events In February - 13

1858  Sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa on this day in history.   

1859  Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist on February - 13.   

1860  On this day in history king Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes   

1861  Abraham Lincoln declared President on February - 13.   

1861  On this day in history colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians   

1861  The first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona on February - 13.   

1861  On this day in history 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ   

1861  On February - 13 uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)   

1862  On this day in history siege of Ft Donelson TN   

1862  -Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN on this day in history.   

1862  Karel Weis, composer on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi   

1864  On this day in history miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi   

1866  Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty MO ($15,000) on February - 13.   

1866  Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) on this day in history.   

1867  Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna on February - 13.   

1870  On this day in history leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer   

1873  On this day in history petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies   

1874  Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic) on February - 13.   

1877  On February - 13 jazeps Medins, composer   

1880  On this day in history work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.   

1881  On this day in history the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.   

1881  On February - 13 eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)   

1882  Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66 on February - 13.   

1883  Bainbridge Crist, composer on this day in history.   

1883  Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1885  Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52) on this day in history.   

1886  Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class on February - 13.   

1886  On this day in history painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class   

1887  On this day in history alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I   

1888  Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier on February - 13.   

1891  On February - 13 david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77   

1892  On this day in history the birth of Grant Wood, American painter.   

1892  Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic) on this day in history.   

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1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1457  Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1480  Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)   

1610  Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists was born on February - 13.   

1622  Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1658  Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter was born on February - 13.   

1660  Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on February - 13.   

0858  Death of Kenneth I of Scotland on February - 13.   

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on this day in history.   

1141  On this day in history death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

1199  Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies on February - 13.   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on this day in history.   

1237  On February - 13 death of jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns   

1315  On this day in history jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies   

1332  On February - 13 andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies