Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

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.   

1908  American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.   

1908  Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  Eudes i: Duke of burgundy (b. 1058)   

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

1237  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  Death of Itagaki nobukata: Retainer of takeda shingen   

1555  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)