What Happened in March 1886

Historical Events

Manfred

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

Mar 26 48th Grand National: Tommy Skelton wins aboard 25/1 chance Old Joe

Events in 1886

Famous Birthdays

Mar 1 Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-British painter (Erasmus Prize 1960), born in Pöchlarn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
Mar 2 (Willis) "Obie" O'Brien, American Academy Award-winning stop-action animator (The Lost World; King Kong; Mighty Joe Young), born in Oakland, California (d. 1962)
Mar 3 (Reginald Owen) R.O. Morris, British composer and music teacher, born in York, England (d. 1948)
Mar 3 James Friskin, Scottish-American concert pianist and composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1967)
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 Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975)
Mar 5 Paul Radmilovic, Welsh swimmer (Olympic gold GB 4×200m freestyle 1908; gold GB water polo 1908, 12, 20), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1968)
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 vaudeville, stage, silent and sound screen character actor (Top Hat), and narrator (Fractured Fairy Tales - The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
Mar 18 Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1941)
Mar 18 Marianne Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth), born in Amsterdam (d. 1951)
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 [Kostrikov], Russian Bolshevik leader and politician (First Secretary (Mayor) of Leningrad, 1926-34), 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 and mathematician (Warsaw School of Logic), born in Serpukhov, Russia (d. 1939)