412 Historic Events for March 13
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| 1822 |
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Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet
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| 1832 |
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Alberto Randegger, composer
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| 1835 |
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Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing
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| 1837 |
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Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66
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| 1839 |
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Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55
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| 1846 |
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Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in K”nigsberg
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| 1850 |
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Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer
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| 1852 |
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Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly
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| 1855 |
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Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
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| 1858 |
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Maximilien Luce, French painter
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| 1859 |
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Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)
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| 1860 |
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Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Gr„z Austria, composer
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| 1861 |
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Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
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| 1862 |
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Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer
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| 1865 |
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US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
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| 1868 |
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Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
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| 1869 |
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Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
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| 1872 |
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Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
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| 1875 |
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Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)
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| 1878 |
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Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
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| 1879 |
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Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60
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| 1881 |
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Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62
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| 1881 |
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Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer
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| 1883 |
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Enrico Toselli, composer
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| 1884 |
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Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926)
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