Page 4: Historical Events In April - 23

1878  On April - 23 friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies   

1880  On this day in history guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies   

1881  The opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London) on this day in history.   

1881  On April - 23 gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London   

1881  On April - 23 claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)   

1882  On this day in history albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1883  John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt on this day in history.   

1885  On April - 23 william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73   

1889  On this day in history charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher   

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer on April - 23.   

1891  Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia on April - 23.   

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  On this day in history frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)   

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

1895  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1896  Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC) on April - 23.   

1896  On this day in history vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC)   

1896  Margaret Kennedy, novelist on April - 23.   

1897  Harold French, director (Encore)/actor on this day in history.   

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

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

1899  The birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American writer on April - 23.   

1899  Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew) on this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 23 guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974)   

1904  On this day in history american Academy of Arts & Letters forms   

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

1905  Lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage) on April - 23.   

1905  Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1906  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 on this day in history.   

1906  Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise) on April - 23.   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

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 this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  On April - 23 death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.   

0871  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on April - 23.