Page 3: Historical Events In May - 23

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer on this day in history.   

1795  On May - 23 charles Barry, architect   

1799  On this day in history thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  On this day in history henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator") on this day in history.   

1813  On May - 23 mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1820  On May - 23 james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)   

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia   

1828  On this day in history edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  On May - 23 pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on May - 23.   

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on May - 23.   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1842  On May - 23 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

1843  On this day in history pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

1844  Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) on this day in history.   

1848  Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator is born on this day in history.   

1848  On May - 23 the birth of Otto Lilienthal, German glider builder   

1848  Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I) on this day in history.   

1851  On May - 23 antoni Stolpe, composer   

1851  On this day in history lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

1853  On May - 23 buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)   

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA   

1861  On this day in history virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession   

1861  On this day in history 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia   

1862  Battle at Front Royal VA on May - 23.   

1862  Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Front Royal VA on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle at Front Royal, Virginia   

1862  William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 on May - 23.   

1863  Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Dallas GA on May - 23.   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on this day in history.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27