Page 4: Historical Events In March - 23

1876  On this day in history muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture   

1878  On this day in history franz Schrecker, composer   

1879  On March - 23 war of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully took over Arica and Tarapacá which left Bolivia as a landlocked country.   

1880  On March - 23 flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)   

1880  On this day in history flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisc)   

1880  On March - 23 gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67   

1881  Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end first Boer war on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 23 gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die   

1881  On March - 23 boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war   

1881  Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 23 nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45   

1882  On March - 23 sECNAV Hunt issues General Order No. 292 creating Office of Naval Intelligence.   

1882  C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia on March - 23.   

1883  Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria on March - 23.   

1884  Glauco Velasquez, composer on March - 23.   

1887  More than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW on March - 23.   

1887  On this day in history the birth of Juan Gris, Spanish painter   

1887  Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog) on March - 23.   

1889  On this day in history edmonton Alberta's temperature reaches 22.2 C; warmest March day on record.   

1889  President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization on March - 23.   

1889  Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization on March - 23.   

1891  The first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall on March - 23.   

1891  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer on this day in history.   

1895  Dane Rudhyar, composer on this day in history.   

1896  Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

1898  On March - 23 georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus   

1900  On this day in history erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)   

1901  On this day in history dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast   

1901  On March - 23 edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23]   

1902  Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie) on this day in history.   

1903  Wright brothers obtain airplane patent on March - 23.   

1905  Paul Grimault, animator on March - 23.   

1906  On this day in history george Posford, composer   

1906  Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies on this day in history.   

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1429  On this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on this day in history.   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On March - 23 birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  On March - 23 birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  On March - 23 birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.   

1169  On this day in history shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

1361  On March - 23 death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.   

1548  On March - 23 death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

1555  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)