Page 4: 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  The first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 15 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)   

1894  On this day in history slava Vorlova, composer   

1897  On this day in history 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden   

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

1901  Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th on March - 15.   

1901  Colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles) on March - 15.   

1902  On March - 15 kitty Masters, actress   

1903  On March - 15 british conquest of northern Nigeria is complete.   

1903  On this day in history frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa   

1904  George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) on this day in history.   

1905  Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler on this day in history.   

1905  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1906  Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd on March - 15.   

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

1906  On March - 15 alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81   

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

1907  Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote on this day in history.   

1907  On March - 15 jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)   

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

1910  On this day in history an Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)   

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

1912  On March - 15 duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot   

1913  On this day in history cleveland establishes first small claims court   

1913  First Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) on this day in history.   

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

1913  Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) on March - 15.   

1915  On March - 15 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  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris) on March - 15.   

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

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on March - 15.   

1275  On this day in history birth of margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318)   

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France   

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 March - 15 death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)   

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on this day in history.   

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

0963  Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1034  On March - 15 mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies   

1145  On this day in history death of pope Lucius II   

1311  Death of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens on this day in history.   

1575  Death of Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527) on March - 15.