Historical Events In March - 06

1869  Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society on March - 06.  

1870  On March - 06 oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)  

1882  On this day in history monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king  

1882  On this day in history guy Kibbee, El Paso TX, actor (Big Shot)  

1885  Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, US sports writer (You Know Me Al) on this day in history.  

1886  The first US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington MA on March - 06.  

1886  US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, first appears, New York NY on this day in history.  

1886  On March - 06 1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA  

1887  Henri Gagnon, composer on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history author Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) dies.  

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1888  Louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55 on March - 06.  

1890  Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo) on March - 06.  

1891  On this day in history victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)  

1893  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

1895  On March - 06 j T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs Australia  

1896  On March - 06 in Detroit MI, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" for the first time  

1896  On March - 06 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"  

1898  Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's) on March - 06.  

1899  "Aspirin" patented by Felix Hoffmann and still going strong 100 years later on March - 06.  

1899  Aspirin was patented by Felix Hoffman on March - 06.  

1899  On March - 06 "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann  

1900  On March - 06 john Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian (University of London)  

1900  On this day in history gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65  

1901  On this day in history in Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.  

1901  On this day in history mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)  

1902  On March - 06 census Bureau forms  

1903  Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1928) on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history hugh Williams, actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday)  

1906  On this day in history heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands  

1906  On this day in history nora Blatch becomes first woman elected to American Society of Civil Engineers  

1906  On March - 06 cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance  

1906  On March - 06 bob Wills, TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle)  

1909  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna on March - 06.  

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1340  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) was born on March - 06.  

1405  Johan II, King of Castille was born on this day in history.  

1405  King John II of Castile (d. 1454) was born on this day in history.  

1459  On March - 06 birth of jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant  

1475  Michelangelo, Italian painter (David) (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.  

1483  Francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna was born on this day in history.  

1492  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer was born on this day in history.  

1495  On March - 06 birth of luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)  

0766  On March - 06 chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50  

1252  On March - 06 death of saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)  

1490  On this day in history death of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)  

1531  On March - 06 death of pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador  

1583  On this day in history zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48  

1615  Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns on March - 06.  

1616  Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) on March - 06.  

1627  On this day in history death of krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (b. 1580)