Historical Events In March - 16

1873  On March - 16 hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)   

1876  Nelly Saunders &Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (New York) on March - 16.   

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  Charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England on March - 16.   

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

1878  Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi on this day in history.   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on March - 16.   

1881  On March - 16 barnum & Bailey Circus debuts   

1881  On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

1882  On this day in history uS Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross   

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

1885  On March - 16 giacomo Benvenuti, composer   

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

1892  On this day in history caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros)   

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  On March - 16 conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)   

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

1898  On March - 16 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  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 on March - 16.   

1900  On this day in history sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus   

1900  On March - 16 aL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in   

1902  On March - 16 lucie Rie, potter   

1903  Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip on this day in history.   

1903  On March - 16 roy Bean, American jurist   

1904  On this day in history clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)   

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

1906  On March - 16 francisco Ayala, writer   

1907  First first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia on March - 16.   

1907  On March - 16 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia   

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

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1338  On this day in history birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on March - 16.   

1473  Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

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

1609  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.   

0455  On this day in history death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on this day in history.   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.   

1322  On this day in history death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.   

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 March - 16.