Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

1876  On March - 23 muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture   

1878  On this day in history franz Schrecker, composer   

1879  On March - 23 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  On March - 23 flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)   

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

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1881  Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) on March - 23.   

1881  On March - 23 nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45   

1882  On March - 23 sECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.   

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  Glauco Velasquez, composer on this day in history.   

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

1887  The birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter on March - 23.   

1887  On March - 23 anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)   

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  The first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall on March - 23.   

1891  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer on this day in history.   

1895  On March - 23 dane Rudhyar, composer   

1896  On this day in history umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan   

1898  On this day in history georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus   

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 this day in history.   

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

1902  Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie) on this day in history.   

1903  Wright brothers obtain airplane patent on March - 23.   

1905  On March - 23 paul Grimault, animator   

1906  George Posford, composer on March - 23.   

1906  Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on this day in history.   

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

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

1645  On this day in history birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  On this day in history birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  On March - 23 birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On March - 23 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  On March - 23 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  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on March - 23.   

1369  On this day in history death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

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

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

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)