Historical Events In April - 23

1878  On April - 23 friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies   

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1881  On April - 23 gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London   

1881  On this day in history claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)   

1882  On this day in history albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1883  John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt on April - 23.   

1885  On April - 23 william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher on April - 23.   

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer on April - 23.   

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

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 April - 23.   

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

1900  Ary Verhaar, composer on this day in history.   

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

1903  On this day in history guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974)   

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

1904  On April - 23 duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid)   

1905  Lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage) on this day in history.   

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 April - 23.   

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

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

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

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history.   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

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 this day in history 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  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

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  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.   

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies