Historical Events In May - 23
Friday, 29 March 2024
1794 Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer on May - 23.
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 On May - 23 south American independence leader Simón BolÃvar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
1813 On this day in history 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 May - 23.
1825 Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832 On this day in history pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 On May - 23 charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76
1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on May - 23.
1838 On May - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75
1841 On this day in history franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76
1842 Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.
1843 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer on May - 23.
1844 On this day in history declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)
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 On May - 23 helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)
1851 Antoni Stolpe, composer on May - 23.
1851 On May - 23 lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
1853 Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859) on this day in history.
1860 Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on May - 23.
1861 On this day in history 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA
1861 Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession on May - 23.
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 May - 23.
1862 Battle at Front Royal, Virginia on May - 23.
1862 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 on this day in history.
1863 Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan on May - 23.
1864 Battle of Dallas GA on this day in history.
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