Page 4: Historical Events In March - 16

1873  On this day in history hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)   

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

1876  On this day in history nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)   

1876  Charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again) on this day in history.   

1877  Charles Bannerman completes first Test cricket century, 165 vs England on this day in history.   

1877  Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 16 clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi   

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

1881  Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts on March - 16.   

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  Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59 on March - 16.   

1892  Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros) on March - 16.   

1893  Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger) on March - 16.   

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

1896  On this day in history premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"   

1896  Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time) on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 16.   

1900  On March - 16 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   

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  Lucie Rie, potter on this day in history.   

1903  On March - 16 mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip   

1903  Roy Bean, American jurist on March - 16.   

1904  Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker) on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1338  Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (d. 1401) was born on March - 16.   

1445  Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

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

1581  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647) was born on March - 16.   

1585  Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe) was born on March - 16.   

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  Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist was born on March - 16.   

0455  On March - 16 death of valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)   

1021  On March - 16 death of heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III   

1037  On March - 16 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 this day in history.   

1410  On March - 16 death of john Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)   

1485  On this day in history death of anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)   

1536  On this day in history death of ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45