Page 4: Historical Events In March - 16

1873  Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit) on March - 16.   

1876  On March - 16 nelly Saunders &Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (New York)   

1876  Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) on March - 16.   

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

1877  Charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1882  US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross on this day in history.   

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

1892  On this day in history caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros)   

1893  On March - 16 isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger)   

1894  On March - 16 jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris   

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

1896  On March - 16 conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)   

1897  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)   

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.   

1900  Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete on this day in history.   

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  Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus on March - 16.   

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

1903  On this day in history roy Bean, American jurist   

1904  On March - 16 clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)   

1906  Kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on this day in history.   

1906  Francisco Ayala, writer on March - 16.   

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

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

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

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

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  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer   

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

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

1037  On March - 16 death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

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

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.   

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