 4/13/1861 - American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to rebel forces.
Fort Sumter, located in Charleston, South Carolina, was named after General Thomas Sumter. However, the fort is best known as the site where the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter.
Generational Link:
Civil War Cycle - Civil War Era - Fourth Turning, Crisis (1860-1865)
Biography:
b. April 13, 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (New style date) (d. July 4, 1826)
Generational Link:
Revolutionary War Cycle - Republican Generation - Hero (Civic) (1742-1766)
Elsewhere:
4/13/1742 - George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
b. April 13, 1519 - Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II of France (d. January 5, 1589)
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