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 this day in history.   

1890  On November - 23 willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73   

1892  On November - 23 battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed   

1893  Harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born on November - 23.   

1893  Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa) on this day in history.   

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

1896  On November - 23 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 November - 23.   

1897  Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on November - 23.   

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on November - 23.   

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

1902  Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies on this day in history.   

1903  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 on November - 23.   

1903  Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto" on this day in history.   

1904  On November - 23 3rd Olympic games close in St Louis   

1905  On this day in history 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  Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy on November - 23.   

1906  Mervyn Roberts, composer on November - 23.   

1908  On November - 23 leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter   

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

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

1909  On November - 23 nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce)   

1910  On November - 23 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  On this day in history peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)   

1911  On this day in history 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  On November - 23 det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist   

1914  On this day in history the US Army retreats from Mexico.   

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1221  On this day in history birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

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

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

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

1616  John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) was born on November - 23.   

1641  On November - 23 birth of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)   

1669  Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens) was born on November - 23.   

0615  On this day in history columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

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  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on November - 23.   

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on this day in history.   

1457  Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17 on November - 23.   

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on November - 23.   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on November - 23.