Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

1876  Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture on this day in history.   

1878  Franz Schrecker, composer on this day in history.   

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  On March - 23 flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc)   

1880  On March - 23 gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67   

1881  On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war   

1881  On this day in history gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

1881  On this day in history boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

1881  Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) on this day in history.   

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

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

1882  C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria   

1884  On March - 23 glauco Velasquez, composer   

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

1887  On March - 23 the birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter   

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

1889  On March - 23 edmonton Alberta's temperature reaches 22.2 C; warmest March day on record.   

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

1889  On March - 23 pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization   

1891  The first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall on March - 23.   

1891  On this day in history catherine Murphy Urner, composer   

1895  Dane Rudhyar, composer on March - 23.   

1896  On this day in history umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan   

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

1900  Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast   

1901  Edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23] on March - 23.   

1902  On this day in history philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie)   

1903  On this day in history wright brothers obtain airplane patent   

1905  Paul Grimault, animator on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history george Posford, composer   

1906  Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on March - 23.   

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1429  On this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on this day in history.   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on March - 23.   

1736  On March - 23 birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on March - 23.   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

1361  On March - 23 death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.   

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.