Page 4: Historical Events In November - 23

1890  On November - 23 king William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.   

1890  On this day in history willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73   

1892  On November - 23 battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed   

1893  Harpo (Adolph) Marx comedian was born on this day in history.   

1893  On November - 23 jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)   

1894  Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912) on this day in history.   

1896  Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher on this day in history.   

1897  Eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before on November - 23.   

1897  On this day in history andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

1899  On November - 23 the first jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, San Francisco)   

1899  1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) on this day in history.   

1899  Norman Hunter, writer on this day in history.   

1901  On November - 23 lieutenant LC Maygar, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, becomes the sixth and last Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in the Boer War   

1902  Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies on November - 23.   

1903  On November - 23 enrico Caruso, famed Italian tenor, made his debut in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He sang in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto.   

1903  On November - 23 enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"   

1904  3rd Olympic games close in St Louis on this day in history.   

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physician, named minister of Haiti on this day in history.   

1905  Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti on November - 23.   

1906  On this day in history joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy   

1906  Mervyn Roberts, composer on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter   

1909  18.2 cm (7.17") of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state record) on November - 23.   

1909  On this day in history 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)   

1909  On this day in history nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce)   

1910  On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball player   

1910  On November - 23 hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed   

1911  On November - 23 post Hospital at Presidio, San Francisco renamed Letterman General Hospital   

1911  On November - 23 post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital   

1911  Peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf) on this day in history.   

1911  On November - 23 bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies   

1912  On November - 23 hamilton Alerts suspended by ORFU for refusing to field a full team in a replay of a protested game   

1912  On November - 23 det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist   

1914  On November - 23 the US Army retreats from Mexico.   

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1221  On this day in history birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468) was born on this day in history.   

1417  William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487) was born on November - 23.   

1553  On November - 23 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)   

1632  On November - 23 birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)   

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on November - 23.   

1669  On November - 23 birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  On November - 23 columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  On November - 23 death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria   

0955  On this day in history death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)   

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on November - 23.   

1407  On this day in history death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered   

1457  On this day in history ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17   

1499  On this day in history death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged   

1503  On this day in history death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)