Historical Events In March - 15

1889  On March - 15 6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die  

1892  Escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) on this day in history.  

1892  New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) on this day in history.  

1892  On this day in history the first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York.  

1892  On this day in history 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)  

1894  Slava Vorlova, composer on March - 15.  

1897  On March - 15 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden  

1900  On this day in history gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer  

1901  On March - 15 horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th  

1901  On March - 15 colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)  

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1902  On March - 15 kitty Masters, actress  

1903  British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete on this day in history.  

1903  Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa on March - 15.  

1904  George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) on March - 15.  

1905  Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler on March - 15.  

1905  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60 on March - 15.  

1906  Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd on this day in history.  

1906  On March - 15 brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd  

1906  Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 on March - 15.  

1907  Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote on March - 15.  

1907  On this day in history finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote  

1907  On this day in history jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)  

1908  1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" on March - 15.  

1910  An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) on March - 15.  

1912  On this day in history pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins  

1912  Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot on this day in history.  

1913  On March - 15 cleveland establishes first small claims court  

1913  On this day in history first Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)  

1913  On this day in history 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)  

1913  On March - 15 lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)  

1915  On this day in history netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea  

1915  Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)  

1916  General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months on March - 15.  

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0938  On this day in history birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)  

1275  On March - 15 birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)  

1455  On this day in history birth of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)  

1493  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

1591  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on March - 15.  

1638  On March - 15 birth of shunzhi Emperor of China  

1666  On this day in history birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)  

1666  George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.  

0044  On this day in history death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)  

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on March - 15.  

0752  On this day in history zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]  

0963  On this day in history romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25  

1034  Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies on this day in history.  

1145  On March - 15 death of pope Lucius II  

1311  On this day in history death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens  

1575  Death of Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527) on this day in history.