Historical Events In March - 15

1889  On March - 15 6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die   

1892  Escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 15 new York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)   

1892  The first escalator, the Reno Inclined Elevator, is patented by Jesse W Reno of New York on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)   

1894  On March - 15 slava Vorlova, composer   

1897  On March - 15 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden   

1900  Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer on this day in history.   

1901  Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th on March - 15.   

1901  On March - 15 colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)   

1902  On this day in history kitty Masters, actress   

1903  British conquest of northern Nigeria is complete on March - 15.   

1903  On this day in history frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa   

1904  George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel) on March - 15.   

1905  On this day in history berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler   

1905  On March - 15 arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60   

1906  On this day in history brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

1906  On March - 15 brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd   

1906  Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 on March - 15.   

1907  Finland is first European country to give women the right to vote on March - 15.   

1907  On March - 15 finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn) on March - 15.   

1908  1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" on this day in history.   

1910  An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) on this day in history.   

1912  On March - 15 pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins   

1912  On this day in history duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot   

1913  On this day in history cleveland establishes first small claims court   

1913  First Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) on March - 15.   

1913  On this day in history 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)   

1913  Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) on March - 15.   

1915  On March - 15 netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea   

1915  On this day in history neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea   

1915  On March - 15 david Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)   

1916  General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-months on March - 15.   

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0938  Romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963) was born on this day in history.   

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on this day in history.   

1455  Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532) was born on March - 15.   

1493  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1591  On March - 15 birth of alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660)   

1638  On March - 15 birth of shunzhi Emperor of China   

1666  On this day in history birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)   

1666  George Bähr, German architect (d. 1738) was born on March - 15.   

0044  On March - 15 death of julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC)   

0493  On March - 15 odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies   

0752  On this day in history zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]   

0963  Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1034  On March - 15 mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies   

1145  Death of Pope Lucius II on this day in history.   

1311  Death of Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens on March - 15.   

1575  On March - 15 death of annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)