Page 4: Historical Events In November - 23

1890  King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir on November - 23.   

1890  On this day in history willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73   

1892  On this day in history battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed   

1893  On November - 23 harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born   

1893  On this day in history jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)   

1894  Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher   

1897  Eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

1899  The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) on this day in history.   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on this day in history.   

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.   

1901  Lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War on November - 23.   

1902  On November - 23 walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies   

1903  On this day in history enrico Caruso, famed Italian tenor, made his debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He sang in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto.   

1903  On this day in history enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"   

1904  3rd Olympic games close in St Louis on this day in history.   

1905  On November - 23 henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti   

1905  On November - 23 henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti   

1906  On November - 23 joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy   

1906  Mervyn Roberts, composer on November - 23.   

1908  Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter on this day in history.   

1909  On November - 23 18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record)   

1909  7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) on November - 23.   

1909  On this day in history nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce)   

1910  On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball player   

1910  On this day in history hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed   

1911  On November - 23 post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital   

1911  On this day in history post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital   

1911  Peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf) on November - 23.   

1911  On November - 23 bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies   

1912  On November - 23 hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game   

1912  Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist on November - 23.   

1914  The US Army retreats from Mexico on November - 23.   

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1221  Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84) was born on this day in history.   

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487) was born on this day in history.   

1553  On November - 23 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)   

1616  On November - 23 birth of john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)   

1632  On this day in history birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)   

1641  On this day in history birth of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)   

1669  On November - 23 birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies on this day in history.   

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on November - 23.   

0955  Death of Edred, King of England (b. c. 923) on this day in history.   

1249  On this day in history ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies   

1407  On November - 23 death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered   

1457  On this day in history ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

1499  On November - 23 death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged   

1503  On this day in history death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)