Page 4: Historical Events In April - 23

1878  On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies   

1880  On April - 23 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  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on April - 23.   

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

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer on April - 23.   

1891  On April - 23 jews are expelled from Moscow Russia   

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

1892  Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer on April - 23.   

1893  Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo) on this day in history.   

1894  On April - 23 basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)   

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

1896  Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC) on April - 23.   

1896  On this day in history vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC)   

1896  Margaret Kennedy, novelist on April - 23.   

1897  On April - 23 harold French, director (Encore)/actor   

1897  On this day in history clement Harris, composer, dies at 25   

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  On this day in history edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew)   

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

1900  Ary Verhaar, composer on April - 23.   

1903  NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2 on this day in history.   

1903  Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974) on this day in history.   

1904  American Academy of Arts & Letters forms on April - 23.   

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

1905  On this day in history lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage)   

1905  Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54 on April - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1906  Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise) on April - 23.   

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.   

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 April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

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 April - 23.   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.   

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  On this day in history vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.