Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

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.   

1880  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)   

1880  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc).   

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67.   

1881  Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end inaugural Boer war   

1881  Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

1881  Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

1881  Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53).   

1881  Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45   

1882  SECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.   

1882  C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia   

1883  Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria.   

1884  Glauco Velasquez, composer.   

1887  More than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW   

1887  Juan Gris, Spanish painter is born.   

1887  Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)   

1889  Edmonton Alberta's temperature reaches 22.2 C; warmest March day on record   

1889  President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization.   

1889  Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization.   

1891  The inaugural jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall   

1891  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer.   

1895  Dane Rudhyar, composer.   

1896  Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan   

1898  Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus   

1900  Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)   

1901  Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast   

1901  Edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23]   

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

1903  Wright brothers obtain airplane patent   

1905  Paul Grimault, animator   

1906  George Posford, composer   

1906  Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

1907  Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957).   

1907  Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79.   

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1429  Margaret of anjou: Wife of henry vi of england   

1599  Thomas selle: Composer   

1638  Frederik ruysch: Dutch anatomist   

1645  William kidd: Pirate legend from scotland   

1699  John bartram: Naturalist/explorer, father of american botany   

1723  Agha mohammad khan ghajar: King of iran   

1732  Marie adélaïde of france: Daughter of louis xv   

1736  Iman willem falck: Dutch governor of ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  Death of Eudes i: Duke of burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Death of Shirkuh: Kurd general/vizier of cairo/saladin's uncle,   

1237  Death of Jan of brienne: King of jerusalem/emperor of constantinople,   

1361  Henry of grosmont: 1st duke of lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  Death of Pedro: The cruel, king/tyrant of castile & leon, murdered   

1548  Itagaki nobukata: Retainer of takeda shingen   

1555  Death of Julius iii: [giovanni m del monte], pope (1550-55),   

1559  Death of Emperor gelawdewos of ethiopia: Emperor gelawdewos of ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)