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  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  On March - 16 william Banting, English undertaker, dies  

1881  On this day in history barnum & Bailey Circus debuts  

1881  On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42  

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 March - 16.  

1885  Giacomo Benvenuti, composer on this day in history.  

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 March - 16 premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"  

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

1897  On March - 16 start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)  

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on this day in history.  

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

1900  On this day in history 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 March - 16 sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus  

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

1902  On March - 16 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  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  On March - 16 francisco Ayala, writer  

1907  On March - 16 first first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia  

1907  1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia on this day in history.  

1908  Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo) on March - 16.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.  

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

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist  

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)  

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on this day in history.  

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

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

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.  

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

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