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  On March - 16 nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)   

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  On this day in history charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng   

1878  Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi on March - 16.   

1878  William Banting, English undertaker, dies on this day in history.   

1881  Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts on March - 16.   

1881  On this day in history modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42   

1882  US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history harrison Ford, Kansas City, Missouri, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires, Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear)   

1885  Giacomo Benvenuti, composer on this day in history.   

1887  On March - 16 emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

1892  On this day in history caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros)   

1893  On this day in history isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger)   

1894  On March - 16 jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs," premieres in Paris   

1896  Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" on this day in history.   

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

1897  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG) on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history 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 March - 16 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  Lucie Rie, potter on March - 16.   

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

1903  Roy Bean, American jurist on this day in history.   

1904  Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker) on March - 16.   

1906  On this day in history kagi, Formosa a 7.1 earthquake caused 1,300 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

1906  On this day in history francisco Ayala, writer   

1907  On March - 16 first first-class cricket game between New South Wales &Western Australia   

1907  1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia on March - 16.   

1908  Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo) on March - 16.   

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1338  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)   

1581  On March - 16 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  Michael Franck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1631  René Le Bossu, French critic (d. 1680) was born on March - 16.   

1634  On March - 16 birth of contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist   

0455  Death of Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419) on this day in history.   

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

1037  Death of Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen on March - 16.   

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

1322  On March - 16 death of humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)   

1410  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456) on this day in history.   

1536  Death of Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 on this day in history.