Page 4: Historical Events In March - 16

1873  On March - 16 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  Charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again) on this day in history.   

1877  On March - 16 charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England   

1877  Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

1881  Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts on March - 16.   

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

1882  On this day in history uS Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross   

1884  Harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear) on this day in history.   

1885  Giacomo Benvenuti, composer on March - 16.   

1887  On March - 16 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  On this day in history jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris   

1896  Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" on this day in history.   

1896  Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time) on this day in history.   

1897  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) on March - 16.   

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

1900  On this day in history discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete   

1900  On March - 16 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   

1900  On this day in history sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus   

1900  On March - 16 aL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in   

1902  On this day in history lucie Rie, potter   

1903  Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip on this day in history.   

1903  Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)   

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

1906  Francisco Ayala, writer on March - 16.   

1907  First first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia on March - 16.   

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

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

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.   

1473  On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.   

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

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.   

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.   

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on March - 16.   

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

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

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

1410  On March - 16 death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  On this day in history death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45