Page 3: Historical Events In April - 23

1810  Thomas Wright, historian on April - 23.   

1812  On this day in history louis-Antoine Julien, conductor   

1812  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 on April - 23.   

1813  On April - 23 stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)   

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history pierre Dupont, song writer   

1826  Missolonghi captured by Turks on April - 23.   

1827  On this day in history william Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays.   

1827  On this day in history johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer   

1827  Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1828  On April - 23 albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)   

1838  English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC on this day in history.   

1838  On April - 23 alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter   

1838  On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75   

1847  On this day in history erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64   

1850  On April - 23 william Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80   

1851  On April - 23 civil engineer Sandford Fleming 1827-1915 designs the red Three-Pence Beaver stamp issued this day; the Province of Canada's first regular postage stamp   

1851  On this day in history canada issues its 1st postage stamps   

1852  On this day in history edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)   

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on April - 23.   

1857  Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history the birth of Max Planck, German physicist   

1858  Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918) on this day in history.   

1860  Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery on April - 23.   

1861  On April - 23 arkansas troops seize Fort Smith   

1861  On April - 23 arkansas troops seize Ft Smith   

1861  On this day in history edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal   

1864  On April - 23 battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)   

1865  James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1867  Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel on April - 23.   

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) on this day in history.   

1871  Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up on this day in history.   

1877  Arthur Farwell, composer on this day in history.   

1878  1st Dutch test drive of steam tram on April - 23.   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.   

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.   

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.   

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies