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 this day in history.   

1860  King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes on February - 13.   

1861  On February - 13 abraham Lincoln declared President   

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 this day in history.   

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  Siege of Ft Donelson TN on this day in history.   

1862  -Feb 16th) Siege of Ft Donelson TN on February - 13.   

1862  On this day in history karel Weis, composer   

1864  On February - 13 meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi   

1864  Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek & Wyatt, Mississippi on February - 13.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1874  On February - 13 hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)   

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 February - 13.   

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

1881  Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin) on this day in history.   

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

1883  On February - 13 bainbridge Crist, composer   

1883  Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64 on February - 13.   

1885  On February - 13 elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)   

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

1888  On February - 13 georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier   

1891  On this day in history david Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77   

1892  The birth of Grant Wood, American painter on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic)   

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

1457  On this day in history birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)   

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 February - 13.   

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  On this day in history birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter   

1660  Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on this day in history.   

0858  On this day in history death of kenneth I of Scotland   

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on February - 13.   

1141  On February - 13 death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

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

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

1237  Death of Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns on this day in history.   

1315  On February - 13 jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies   

1332  Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies on February - 13.