Historical Events In March - 15

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

1892  On this day in history escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY)   

1892  New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) on this day in history.   

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

1892  On March - 15 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)   

1894  On this day in history slava Vorlova, composer   

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

1900  On this day in history gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer   

1901  Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history colin McPhee, Montreal Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)   

1902  Kitty Masters, actress on March - 15.   

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

1903  On March - 15 frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa   

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

1905  Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler on March - 15.   

1905  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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

1906  Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history finland is first European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  On this day in history finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote   

1907  Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn) on this day in history.   

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 March - 15.   

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

1912  On March - 15 duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot   

1913  On March - 15 cleveland establishes first small claims court   

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

1913  On March - 15 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)   

1913  Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof) on this day in history.   

1915  Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea on March - 15.   

1915  Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea on March - 15.   

1915  David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris) on this day in history.   

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

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0938  On March - 15 birth of romanos II, Byzantine emperor (d. 963)   

1275  Margaret Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1318) was born on March - 15.   

1455  On this day in history birth of pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)   

1493  On this day in history birth of anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France   

1591  Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On March - 15 birth of shunzhi Emperor of China   

1666  On March - 15 birth of georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)   

1666  On this day in history birth of george Bähr, German architect (d. 1738)   

0044  Death of Julius Caesar (murdered) (b. 100 BC) on this day in history.   

0493  Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies on this day in history.   

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

0963  On March - 15 romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25   

1034  Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies on this day in history.   

1145  On March - 15 death of pope Lucius II   

1311  On March - 15 death of walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens   

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