Page 4: Historical Events In March - 06

1886  1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA.   

1887  Henri Gagnon, composer.   

1888  Author Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) dies.   

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

1890  Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo)   

1891  Victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)   

1893  Kathleen Smoothy, housewife (last link to Siege of SIdney Street).   

1895  England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2.   

1895  J T Brown hits the quickest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs Australia.   

1896  In Detroit MI, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" for the inaugural time.   

1896  1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"   

1898  Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's and 30's)   

1899  "Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann and still going strong 100 years later   

1899  Aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman   

1899  "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann   

1900  John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian (University of London).   

1900  Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65   

1901  In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.   

1901  Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)   

1902  Census Bureau forms.   

1903  Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1928)   

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

1906  Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands   

1906  Nora Blatch is recorded as becoming inaugural woman elected to American Society of Civil Engineers   

1906  Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance   

1906  Bob Wills, TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle).   

1909  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna   

1909  Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter   

1911  Charles Frank, physicist.   

1912  Madge Adam, astronomer.   

1913  David Bowman, trade unionist.   

1914  Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981)   

1915  Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos   

1915  Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, 52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras   

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1340  John of gaunt: 1st duke of lancaster   

1405  Johan ii: King of castille   

1405  King john ii of castile: King john ii of castile (d. 1454)   

1459  Jacob fugger: German banker/merchant   

1475  Michelangelo: Italian painter (david)   

1483  Francesco guicciardini: Ital attorney/president of romagna   

1492  Jean luis vives: Spanish theory/humanist/reformer   

1495  Luigi alamanni: Italian poet (opere toscane, la coltivazione)   

0766  Death of Chrodegang: Church reformer/bishop of mainz,   

1252  Saint rose of viterbo: Italian saint (b. 1235)   

1490  Death of Ivan the young: Ruler of tver (b. 1458)   

1531  Pedrarias dávila: Spanish conquistador   

1583  Death of Zacharias ursinus: German theologist (heidelberger),   

1615  Pieter both: Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (east in   

1616  Francis beaumont: Elizabethan playwright,   

1627  Death of Krzysztof zbaraski: Polish statesman (b. 1580)