Page 4: Historical Events In April - 23

1878  Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1880  On April - 23 guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies   

1881  On this day in history the opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London)   

1881  On April - 23 gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London   

1881  On this day in history claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)   

1882  On this day in history albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1883  John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt on April - 23.   

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher on this day in history.   

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer on April - 23.   

1891  Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia on this day in history.   

1891  On April - 23 sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf)   

1892  Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer on April - 23.   

1893  On April - 23 frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)   

1894  On April - 23 basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)   

1895  On April - 23 karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies   

1896  On this day in history premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC)   

1896  On April - 23 vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC)   

1896  Margaret Kennedy, novelist on April - 23.   

1897  On this day in history harold French, director (Encore)/actor   

1897  On this day in history clement Harris, composer, dies at 25   

1898  Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov) on April - 23.   

1899  On April - 23 the birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American writer   

1899  On April - 23 edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew)   

1900  1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal) on this day in history.   

1900  On April - 23 ary Verhaar, composer   

1903  NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2 on April - 23.   

1903  On April - 23 guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974)   

1904  On this day in history american Academy of Arts & Letters forms   

1904  Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid) on April - 23.   

1905  Lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54   

1906  On April - 23 the Alberta Legislature sets the provincial speed limit at 10 mph in the city and 20 mph in the country. , Now it's 100 in the city and 200 in the country it seems   

1906  Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise) on April - 23.   

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  On April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on April - 23.   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.