Page 4: Historical Events In March - 16

1873  On this day in history hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)   

1876  On March - 16 nelly Saunders &Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (New York)   

1876  On this day in history nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)   

1876  On March - 16 charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)   

1877  On this day in history charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England   

1877  On March - 16 charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng   

1878  On this day in history clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 16 barnum & Bailey Circus debuts   

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1882  US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross on March - 16.   

1884  Harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear) on March - 16.   

1885  Giacomo Benvenuti, composer on March - 16.   

1887  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1893  On this day in history isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger)   

1894  On March - 16 jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris   

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

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

1897  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)   

1898  On this day in history aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

1900  Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history aL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in   

1902  Lucie Rie, potter on this day in history.   

1903  Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip on March - 16.   

1903  On this day in history roy Bean, American jurist   

1904  Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

1906  Francisco Ayala, writer on this day in history.   

1907  On March - 16 first first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia   

1907  1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia on this day in history.   

1908  Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo) on March - 16.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

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

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

1609  On this day in history birth of michael Franck, composer   

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  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.   

1072  On March - 16 adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on this day in history.