Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

1876  Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture on March - 23.   

1878  Franz Schrecker, composer on March - 23.   

1879  On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

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

1881  On March - 23 hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)   

1881  Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 on March - 23.   

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

1882  C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia on March - 23.   

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  On this day in history more than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW.   

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 March - 23 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  Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization on this day in history.   

1891  The first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall on March - 23.   

1891  On March - 23 catherine Murphy Urner, composer   

1895  Dane Rudhyar, composer on March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1900  Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) on this day in history.   

1901  Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast on this day in history.   

1901  Edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23] on March - 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 this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history paul Grimault, animator   

1906  On this day in history george Posford, composer   

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

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1429  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.   

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

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on March - 23.   

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  On March - 23 jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on March - 23.   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

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

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