Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

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

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

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

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

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

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

1882  On this day in history c Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia   

1883  On this day in history faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria   

1884  On March - 23 glauco Velasquez, composer   

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

1887  On March - 23 the birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter   

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

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

1889  On March - 23 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 this day in history catherine Murphy Urner, composer   

1895  On March - 23 dane Rudhyar, composer   

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

1901  On this day in history dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast   

1901  Edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23] on March - 23.   

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

1903  On this day in history wright brothers obtain airplane patent   

1905  Paul Grimault, animator on this day in history.   

1906  On March - 23 george Posford, composer   

1906  On this day in history victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

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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 March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

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

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

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on this day in history.   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on March - 23.   

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

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

1103  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

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  On March - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1555  On this day in history julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

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