Page 4: Historical Events In March - 16

1873  Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit) on this day in history.   

1876  Nelly Saunders &Rose Harland fight first female boxing match (New York) on March - 16.   

1876  Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)   

1877  On March - 16 charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England   

1877  Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng on March - 16.   

1878  Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 16 william Banting, English undertaker, dies   

1881  On March - 16 barnum & Bailey Circus debuts   

1881  Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 on March - 16.   

1882  On this day in history uS Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross   

1884  On March - 16 harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear)   

1885  Giacomo Benvenuti, composer on March - 16.   

1887  On this day in history emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

1892  Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros) on this day in history.   

1893  Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger) on this day in history.   

1894  Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1896  On March - 16 premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"   

1896  Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time) on March - 16.   

1897  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)   

1898  On March - 16 aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23   

1900  Discovery of the ancient city of Knossos on the island of Crete on this day in history.   

1900  Samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse, embarks troops for South Africa; the regiment consists of 537 mounted troops recruited in Manitoba, BC and the NWT on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus   

1900  On this day in history aL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in   

1902  On March - 16 lucie Rie, potter   

1903  On this day in history mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip   

1903  Roy Bean, American jurist on March - 16.   

1904  On March - 16 clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)   

1906  On March - 16 kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

1906  Francisco Ayala, writer on this day in history.   

1907  First first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia on March - 16.   

1907  1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia on this day in history.   

1908  On March - 16 robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo)   

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1338  On March - 16 birth of thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401)   

1445  On March - 16 birth of johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510)   

1473  On March - 16 birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On this day in history birth of pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On March - 16 birth of michael Franck, composer   

1631  On this day in history birth of rené Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680)   

1634  On this day in history birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist   

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on March - 16.   

1021  On this day in history death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On this day in history death of robert I, Archbishop of Rouen   

1072  Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies on this day in history.   

1322  Death of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276) on March - 16.   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on March - 16.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on March - 16.   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on March - 16.