Page 4: Historical Events In February - 13

1858  On February - 13 sir Richard Burton & John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa   

1859  On February - 13 frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist   

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

1861  On February - 13 abraham Lincoln declared President   

1861  Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history the first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona   

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

1861  On this day in history 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 February - 13.   

1862  On this day in history karel Weis, composer   

1864  Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1866  On February - 13 jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000)   

1867  On February - 13 johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna   

1870  Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer on February - 13.   

1873  On February - 13 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  Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards on this day in history.   

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  On February - 13 bainbridge Crist, composer   

1883  On February - 13 pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64   

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

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

1886  On February - 13 painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class   

1887  Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I on February - 13.   

1888  Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier on this day in history.   

1891  David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1892  Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic) on February - 13.   

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1440  On February - 13 birth of hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian   

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  On February - 13 birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)   

1599  Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists was born on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history birth of adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized   

1658  On February - 13 birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  On February - 13 birth of johann Sigismund Kusser, composer   

0858  Death of Kenneth I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1130  On this day in history honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies   

1141  Death of Béla II of Hungary (b. 1110) on this day in history.   

1199  On this day in history stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on February - 13.   

1237  On this day in history death of jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns   

1315  Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on this day in history.   

1332  On this day in history andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies