Page 4: Historical Events In April - 23

1878  Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on April - 23.   

1880  On this day in history guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies   

1881  The opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London) on April - 23.   

1881  On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London   

1881  On April - 23 claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)   

1882  On April - 23 albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1883  On April - 23 john Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt   

1885  On this day in history william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73   

1889  On April - 23 charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher   

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history jews are expelled from Moscow Russia   

1891  On April - 23 sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf)   

1892  On this day in history minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer   

1893  On this day in history frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)   

1894  Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) on April - 23.   

1895  On this day in history karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies   

1896  On April - 23 premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC)   

1896  Vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC) on April - 23.   

1896  On this day in history margaret Kennedy, novelist   

1897  Harold French, director (Encore)/actor on April - 23.   

1897  Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 on April - 23.   

1898  Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov) on April - 23.   

1899  The birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American writer on this day in history.   

1899  Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew) on April - 23.   

1900  On April - 23 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)   

1900  On this day in history ary Verhaar, composer   

1903  NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2 on April - 23.   

1903  On April - 23 guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974)   

1904  On this day in history american Academy of Arts & Letters forms   

1904  Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid) on this day in history.   

1905  On April - 23 lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage)   

1905  On this day in history karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54   

1906  The Alberta Legislature sets the provincial speed limit at 10 mph in the city and 20 mph in the country. , Now it's 100 in the city and 200 in the country it seems on April - 23.   

1906  Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise) on this day in history.   

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1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23.   

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on April - 23.   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.   

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  On this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies