Historical Events In March - 23

1876  Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture on March - 23.   

1878  On this day in history franz Schrecker, composer   

1879  On March - 23 war of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully took over Arica and Tarapacá which left Bolivia as a landlocked country.   

1880  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) on this day in history.   

1880  Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc) on this day in history.   

1880  Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 23 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war   

1881  On March - 23 gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

1881  On March - 23 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

1881  On March - 23 hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)   

1881  Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45 on March - 23.   

1882  SECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence on March - 23.   

1882  On this day in history c Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia   

1883  On March - 23 faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria   

1884  Glauco Velasquez, composer on March - 23.   

1887  On this day in history more than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW.   

1887  The birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter on March - 23.   

1887  Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog) on March - 23.   

1889  On this day in history edmonton Alberta's temperature reaches 22.2 C; warmest March day on record.   

1889  On this day in history president Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization   

1889  Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization on this day in history.   

1891  The first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall on this day in history.   

1891  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer on March - 23.   

1895  Dane Rudhyar, composer on March - 23.   

1896  Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan on March - 23.   

1898  On March - 23 georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus   

1900  Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) on March - 23.   

1901  Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23]   

1902  On March - 23 philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie)   

1903  On this day in history wright brothers obtain airplane patent   

1905  On this day in history paul Grimault, animator   

1906  George Posford, composer on March - 23.   

1906  On March - 23 victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies   

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  On March - 23 birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.   

1723  On March - 23 birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On this day in history birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on this day in history.   

1237  On this day in history jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on March - 23.   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on this day in history.