Page 4: Historical Events In March - 15

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

1892  On this day in history escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY)   

1892  New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) on March - 15.   

1892  On March - 15 the first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York.   

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

1894  On March - 15 slava Vorlova, composer   

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

1900  Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer on March - 15.   

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

1901  On this day in history colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)   

1902  Kitty Masters, actress on March - 15.   

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

1903  On March - 15 frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa   

1904  On this day in history george Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)   

1905  On this day in history berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1907  Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn) on this day in history.   

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

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  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 March - 15 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)   

1913  On this day in history lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)   

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 March - 15.   

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

1916  On this day in history general Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months   

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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  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on March - 15.   

1493  On March - 15 birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France   

1591  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 15.   

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.