Historical Events In March - 16

1873  On this day in history hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)   

1876  On this day in history nelly Saunders &Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (New York)   

1876  Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)   

1877  On this day in history charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England   

1877  Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng on March - 16.   

1878  On March - 16 clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on March - 16.   

1881  Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 16 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

1882  On March - 16 uS Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross   

1884  On March - 16 harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear)   

1885  Giacomo Benvenuti, composer on March - 16.   

1887  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

1892  Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros) on this day in history.   

1893  Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger) on March - 16.   

1894  Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris on March - 16.   

1896  On this day in history premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"   

1896  On this day in history conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)   

1897  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) on this day in history.   

1898  On March - 16 aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

1900  On March - 16 discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete   

1900  Samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse, embarks troops for South Africa; the regiment consists of 537 mounted troops recruited in Manitoba, BC and the NWT on this day in history.   

1900  Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus on this day in history.   

1900  AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in on this day in history.   

1902  On March - 16 lucie Rie, potter   

1903  On this day in history mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip   

1903  Roy Bean, American jurist on March - 16.   

1904  Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker) on March - 16.   

1906  Kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on March - 16.   

1906  Francisco Ayala, writer on this day in history.   

1907  First first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia on this day in history.   

1907  1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia on March - 16.   

1908  Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo) on this day in history.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.   

1581  On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

1609  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on this day in history.   

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.   

1322  On March - 16 death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.   

1485  On March - 16 death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.