Historical Events In April - 23

1878  On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies  

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on April - 23.  

1881  The opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London) on April - 23.  

1881  Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London on April - 23.  

1881  On this day in history claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)  

1882  On April - 23 albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)  

1883  On this day in history john Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt  

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1889  On April - 23 charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher  

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer on this day in history.  

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1891  On April - 23 jews are expelled from Moscow Russia  

1891  On this day in history sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf)  

1892  On this day in history minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer  

1893  Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo) on April - 23.  

1894  On April - 23 basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)  

1895  On April - 23 karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies  

1896  Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC) on this day in history.  

1896  On April - 23 vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC)  

1896  Margaret Kennedy, novelist on this day in history.  

1897  On this day in history harold French, director (Encore)/actor  

1897  On this day in history clement Harris, composer, dies at 25  

1898  On April - 23 edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov)  

1899  On April - 23 the birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American writer  

1899  On this day in history edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew)  

1900  On this day in history 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)  

1900  Ary Verhaar, composer on this day in history.  

1903  NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2 on April - 23.  

1903  Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974) on April - 23.  

1904  On April - 23 american Academy of Arts & Letters forms  

1904  Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid) on this day in history.  

1905  On April - 23 lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage)  

1905  On this day in history karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54  

1906  On April - 23 the Alberta Legislature sets the provincial speed limit at 10 mph in the city and 20 mph in the country. , Now it's 100 in the city and 200 in the country it seems  

1906  Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise) on this day in history.  

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1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)  

1185  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.  

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.  

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on this day in history.  

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.  

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)  

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)  

0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton  

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.  

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent  

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.  

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.  

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.  

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87  

1016  On this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies