Historical Events In March - 06

1869  Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society on this day in history.   

1870  Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum) on this day in history.   

1882  On March - 06 monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king   

1882  On March - 06 guy Kibbee, El Paso TX, actor (Big Shot)   

1885  Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, US sports writer (You Know Me Al) on this day in history.   

1886  On March - 06 the first US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington MA   

1886  US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, first appears, New York NY on March - 06.   

1886  1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA on March - 06.   

1887  On March - 06 henri Gagnon, composer   

1888  Author Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) dies on this day in history.   

1888  Louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55 on March - 06.   

1890  Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo) on this day in history.   

1891  Victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement) on March - 06.   

1893  On this day in history kathleen Smoothy, housewife (last link to Siege of SIdney Street)   

1895  On March - 06 england beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2   

1895  On March - 06 j T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs Australia   

1896  On March - 06 in Detroit MI, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" for the first time   

1896  1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" on March - 06.   

1898  Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's) on this day in history.   

1899  "Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann and still going strong 100 years later on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman   

1899  "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann on March - 06.   

1900  On this day in history john Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian (University of London)   

1900  On this day in history gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65   

1901  On this day in history in Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.   

1901  Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother) on March - 06.   

1902  On March - 06 census Bureau forms   

1903  Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1928) on this day in history.   

1904  Hugh Williams, actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday) on March - 06.   

1906  On March - 06 heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands   

1906  On this day in history nora Blatch becomes first woman elected to American Society of Civil Engineers   

1906  Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance on March - 06.   

1906  Bob Wills, TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna   

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1340  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) was born on March - 06.   

1405  On March - 06 birth of johan II, King of Castille   

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on this day in history.   

1459  Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant was born on March - 06.   

1475  Michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564) was born on March - 06.   

1483  On this day in history birth of francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna   

1492  On March - 06 birth of jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer   

1495  On March - 06 birth of luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)   

0766  On this day in history chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50   

1252  On this day in history death of saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)   

1490  On this day in history death of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)   

1531  On this day in history death of pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador   

1583  On this day in history zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48   

1615  Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns on this day in history.   

1616  Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 06.   

1627  On this day in history death of krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)