Historical Events In March - 23

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

1878  Franz Schrecker, composer on this day in history.   

1879  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 on this day in history.   

1880  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) on March - 23.   

1880  On March - 23 flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc)   

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1881  Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 23 gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

1881  On March - 23 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

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  On this day in history sECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.   

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  More than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW on March - 23.   

1887  On this day in history the birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter   

1887  On this day in history anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)   

1889  On March - 23 edmonton Alberta's temperature reaches 22.2 C; warmest March day on record.   

1889  On this day in history president Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization   

1889  Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization on March - 23.   

1891  On March - 23 the first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall   

1891  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer on March - 23.   

1895  On March - 23 dane Rudhyar, composer   

1896  Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus   

1900  Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) on this day in history.   

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

1901  On this day in history edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23]   

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

1903  Wright brothers obtain airplane patent on this day in history.   

1905  Paul Grimault, animator on this day in history.   

1906  George Posford, composer on this day in history.   

1906  On March - 23 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  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  On March - 23 birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

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

1699  On March - 23 birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on this day in history.   

1169  On March - 23 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  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on March - 23.   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on March - 23.   

1548  On March - 23 death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

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

1559  On March - 23 death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)