Page 4: Historical Events In April - 23

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

1880  On April - 23 guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies   

1881  The opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London) on this day in history.   

1881  Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London on this day in history.   

1881  Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22) on April - 23.   

1882  Albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history john Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt   

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher on this day in history.   

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

1891  Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia on April - 23.   

1891  Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) on April - 23.   

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

1893  On April - 23 frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)   

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

1895  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies on April - 23.   

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

1896  On April - 23 vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC)   

1896  On this day in history margaret Kennedy, novelist   

1897  Harold French, director (Encore)/actor on this day in history.   

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

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

1899  On April - 23 the birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American writer   

1899  On this day in history edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew)   

1900  On this day in history 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)   

1900  Ary Verhaar, composer on this day in history.   

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  On April - 23 american Academy of Arts & Letters forms   

1904  Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid) on April - 23.   

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

1905  On April - 23 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  On April - 23 marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise)   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

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

1484  On April - 23 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  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent   

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

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

0997  On April - 23 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 April - 23.