Historical Events In November - 23

1890  King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir on November - 23.   

1890  Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73 on November - 23.   

1892  Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed on this day in history.   

1893  On November - 23 harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born   

1893  On this day in history jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)   

1894  On this day in history ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912)   

1896  On this day in history joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher   

1897  On November - 23 eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before.   

1897  On November - 23 andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

1899  The first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco) on November - 23.   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on this day in history.   

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.   

1901  On November - 23 lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War   

1902  Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies on November - 23.   

1903  Enrico Caruso, famed Italian tenor, made his debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He sang in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto on this day in history.   

1903  On November - 23 enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"   

1904  3rd Olympic games close in St Louis on this day in history.   

1905  On November - 23 henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti   

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti on November - 23.   

1906  On this day in history joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy   

1906  On this day in history mervyn Roberts, composer   

1908  On this day in history leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter   

1909  18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record) on this day in history.   

1909  7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) on November - 23.   

1909  Nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce) on this day in history.   

1910  On November - 23 hal Schumacher, baseball player   

1910  On November - 23 hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital on November - 23.   

1911  Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital on November - 23.   

1911  Peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf) on November - 23.   

1911  Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies on this day in history.   

1912  On November - 23 hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game   

1912  On this day in history det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist   

1914  On this day in history the US Army retreats from Mexico.   

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1221  On November - 23 birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)   

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  On November - 23 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)   

1616  On November - 23 birth of john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)   

1632  On this day in history birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)   

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on November - 23.   

1669  On November - 23 birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies on this day in history.   

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on November - 23.   

0955  Death of Edred, King of England (b. c. 923) on November - 23.   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on November - 23.   

1407  On this day in history death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered   

1457  On this day in history ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

1499  On this day in history death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on this day in history.