Historical Events In November - 23

1890  On November - 23 king William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.   

1890  Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1892  Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed on November - 23.   

1893  On this day in history harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born   

1893  Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa) on this day in history.   

1894  Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912) on this day in history.   

1896  Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher on November - 23.   

1897  On this day in history eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before.   

1897  On November - 23 andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

1899  On November - 23 the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on November - 23.   

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.   

1901  Lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War on November - 23.   

1902  Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies on November - 23.   

1903  On this day in history enrico Caruso, famed Italian tenor, made his debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He sang in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto.   

1903  Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto" on this day in history.   

1904  3rd Olympic games close in St Louis on November - 23.   

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti on November - 23.   

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti on this day in history.   

1906  On November - 23 joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy   

1906  On this day in history mervyn Roberts, composer   

1908  On November - 23 leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter   

1909  18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)   

1909  Nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce) on November - 23.   

1910  On November - 23 hal Schumacher, baseball player   

1910  Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed on November - 23.   

1911  On November - 23 post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital on November - 23.   

1911  On November - 23 peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)   

1911  Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies on this day in history.   

1912  Hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game on November - 23.   

1912  On November - 23 det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist   

1914  The US Army retreats from Mexico on this day in history.   

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1221  On November - 23 birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  On November - 23 birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  On November - 23 birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  On November - 23 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)   

1632  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) was born on November - 23.   

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on November - 23.   

1669  On this day in history birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  On November - 23 columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  On this day in history death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria   

0955  On this day in history death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on November - 23.   

1407  On November - 23 death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered   

1457  Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17 on November - 23.   

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on this day in history.   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on November - 23.