Historical Events In March - 16

1873  On March - 16 hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)   

1876  Nelly Saunders &Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (New York) on March - 16.   

1876  Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)   

1877  Charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England on this day in history.   

1877  Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng on this day in history.   

1878  Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi on March - 16.   

1878  On this day in history william Banting, English undertaker, dies   

1881  On this day in history barnum & Bailey Circus debuts   

1881  On March - 16 modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

1882  On this day in history uS Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross   

1884  On this day in history harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear)   

1885  Giacomo Benvenuti, composer on March - 16.   

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1892  Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros) on March - 16.   

1893  Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger) on March - 16.   

1894  Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1896  Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" on March - 16.   

1896  Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time) on March - 16.   

1897  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) on this day in history.   

1898  Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23 on March - 16.   

1900  On this day in history discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete   

1900  On March - 16 samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse, embarks troops for South Africa; the regiment consists of 537 mounted troops recruited in Manitoba, BC and the NWT   

1900  On this day in history sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus   

1900  AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history lucie Rie, potter   

1903  On this day in history mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip   

1903  On March - 16 roy Bean, American jurist   

1904  On March - 16 clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)   

1906  Kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on March - 16.   

1906  Francisco Ayala, writer on March - 16.   

1907  First first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia on March - 16.   

1907  1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia on March - 16.   

1908  Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo) on this day in history.   

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on March - 16.   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.   

1585  On March - 16 birth of gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)   

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on March - 16.   

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist   

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  Death of Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III on this day in history.   

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on March - 16.   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1410  On this day in history death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  On this day in history death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On March - 16 death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45