Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

1876  Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history franz Schrecker, composer   

1879  War of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully took over Arica and Tarapacá which left Bolivia as a landlocked country on March - 23.   

1880  On March - 23 flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)   

1880  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc) on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67   

1881  On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war   

1881  Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die on this day in history.   

1881  Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war on March - 23.   

1881  On this day in history hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)   

1881  On this day in history nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45   

1882  On this day in history sECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.   

1882  On March - 23 c Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia   

1883  On March - 23 faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria   

1884  On this day in history glauco Velasquez, composer   

1887  More than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history the birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter   

1887  Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history edmonton Alberta's temperature reaches 22.2 C; warmest March day on record.   

1889  On this day in history president Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization   

1889  On March - 23 pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization   

1891  On March - 23 the first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall   

1891  On this day in history catherine Murphy Urner, composer   

1895  Dane Rudhyar, composer on this day in history.   

1896  On March - 23 umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan   

1898  On March - 23 georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus   

1900  On March - 23 erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)   

1901  On March - 23 dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast   

1901  On March - 23 edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23]   

1902  Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie) on March - 23.   

1903  Wright brothers obtain airplane patent on this day in history.   

1905  On March - 23 paul Grimault, animator   

1906  George Posford, composer on March - 23.   

1906  On March - 23 victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

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1429  On March - 23 birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on this day in history.   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On March - 23 birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  On this day in history birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On this day in history birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on this day in history.   

1169  On this day in history shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1361  On March - 23 death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.   

1555  On March - 23 julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on this day in history.