Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

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

1878  On March - 23 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  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) on March - 23.   

1880  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc) on March - 23.   

1880  On March - 23 gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67   

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

1881  Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die on March - 23.   

1881  On March - 23 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

1881  Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) on this day in history.   

1881  Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1882  C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia on this day in history.   

1883  Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria on March - 23.   

1884  On this day in history glauco Velasquez, composer   

1887  On March - 23 more than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW.   

1887  The birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter on this day in history.   

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

1889  Edmonton Alberta's temperature reaches 22.2 C; warmest March day on record on March - 23.   

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

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

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

1891  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer on March - 23.   

1895  Dane Rudhyar, composer on this day in history.   

1896  Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1898  Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus on March - 23.   

1900  On this day in history erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)   

1901  Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast on March - 23.   

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  On March - 23 wright brothers obtain airplane patent   

1905  Paul Grimault, animator on this day in history.   

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 March - 23.   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.   

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

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.   

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 March - 23 birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  On March - 23 death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on March - 23.   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

1361  On this day in history death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on March - 23.   

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 March - 23.