Page 4: Historical Events In April - 23
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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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