Page 2: Historical Events In 1823

Mar 24   Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Coelestin Jungbauer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Mar 25   William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

Mar 30   Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 in the year 1823.   

Apr 01   In the year 1823 simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914   

Apr 03   In the year 1823 william Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC)   

Apr 04   In the year 1823 karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)   

Apr 06   On this day in history joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)   

Apr 10   Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)   

Apr 12   The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright in the year 1823.   

Apr 16   On this day in history mother Joseph, [Esther Pariseau], religious leader (US capitol)   

Apr 22   Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868 on this day in history.   

Apr 22   On this day in history baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London   

Apr 24   Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Apr 30   On this day in history george JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)   

May 05   James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

May 08   In the year 1823 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)   

May 08   "Home Sweet Home" first sung (London) in the year 1823.   

May 10   1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling on this day in history.   

May 10   John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900 on this day in history.   

May 10   In the year 1823 the first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling   

May 11   In the year 1823 alfred Stevens, Belgian painter   

May 15   Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1823.   

May 17   Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer in the year 1823.   

May 27   John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 in the year 1823.   

Jun 01   In the year 1823 louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal, dies at 53   

Jun 05   On this day in history george Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA)   

Jun 11   James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

Jun 13   Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900 on this day in history.   

Jun 16   On this day in history king Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp   

Jun 17   John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903 on this day in history.   

Jun 17   The waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Sándor PetÅ‘fi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of otto van Rees, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1884-88)   

Jan 04   In the year 1823 birth of peter Joseph Osterhaus, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1917   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of william Rockstro, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution)   

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of alexandre Edouard Goria, composer   

Jan 27   Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole) was born in the year 1823.   

Jan 05   Major George Johnston, Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764) died in the year 1823.   

Jan 17   On this day in history zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36   

Jan 21   Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761) died on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1823 death of edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)   

Feb 07   On this day in history ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58   

Feb 16   On this day in history johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 26   John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 in the year 1823.   

Mar 14   Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739) died on this day in history.