Historical Events In April - 23

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

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on April - 23.   

1881  On this day in history the opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London)   

1881  Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London on April - 23.   

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  John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt on this day in history.   

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

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

1890  On April - 23 donald Nichols Tweedy, composer   

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 April - 23 minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer   

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

1894  Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) on this day in history.   

1895  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1896  Margaret Kennedy, novelist on this day in history.   

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

1897  Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

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

1899  On this day in history the birth of Vladimir Nabokov, Russian/American writer   

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 April - 23 ary Verhaar, composer   

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 April - 23.   

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

1904  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  On April - 23 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 April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent   

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