What Happened in March 1886

Historical Events

Mar 23 Tchaikovsky's "Manfred" symphony premieres in Moscow, Russia, conducted by Max Erdmannsdörfer

Mar 1 Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960)
Mar 2 Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
Mar 3 James Friskin, Scottish-American concert pianist and composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1967)
Mar 3 (Reginald Owen) R.O. Morris, British composer and music teacher, born in York, England (d. 1948)
Mar 3 Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
Mar 4 Paul Bazelaire, French cellist, composer, and poet, born in Sedan, France (d. 1958)
Mar 5 Paul Radmilovic, England, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1908)
Mar 5 Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975)
Mar 7 Raymond Largay, American actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (d. 1974)
Mar 7 René Thomas, French auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1914), born in Périgueux, France (d. 1975)
Mar 8 Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host and zoo director (Artis), born in Amsterdam (d. 1965)

Mar 8 Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950), born in South Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1972)
Mar 13 Henri D Gagnebin, Belgian-Swiss organist and composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1977)
Mar 13 John 'Home Run' Baker, American Baseball HOF third baseman (World Series 1910, 11, 13; AL HR leader 1911–14; AL RBI leader 1912, 13; Philadelphia A's), born in Trappe, Maryland (d. 1963)
Mar 14 Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), born in Florennes, Namur, Belgium (d. 1964)
Mar 17 Princess Patricia of Connaught, British princess (d. 1974)
Mar 18 Edward Everett Horton, American actor and narrator (Bulwinkle Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
Mar 18 Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist
Mar 18 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth)
Mar 24 Athenagoras I, Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
Mar 24 Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958)
Mar 25 Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
Mar 26 Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971)
Mar 27 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (November Group), born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1969)
Mar 27 Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader, born in Urzhum, Russia (d. 1934)
Mar 28 Jaroslav Novotny, Czech composer, born in Jičín, Austria-Hungary (d. 1918)
Mar 29 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, Swedish composer, born in Vadstena, Sweden (d. 1965)
Mar 30 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Polish logician/mathematician