Historical Events In November - 23

1760  On November - 23 gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist (Tribun du Peuple)   

1765  On November - 23 people of Frederick County MD refuse to pay England's Stamp tax   

1765  Thomas Attwood, composer on November - 23.   

1783  On this day in history annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)   

1785  On this day in history joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits (1829-53)   

1787  On November - 23 anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52   

1794  On this day in history joan F Van Oordt, vicar (Groninger direction)   

1797  On this day in history gabor Matray, composer   

1800  Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author (Povesti) on November - 23.   

1804  On this day in history franklin Pierce, Hillsboro NH, (D) 14th Pres (1853-1857)   

1809  On November - 23 horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1814  On this day in history elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70   

1815  William Dennison, postmaster/general (Union), died in 1882 on this day in history.   

1819  Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history john Willis Ellis, Governor (Confederacy) died in 1861   

1821  On this day in history charles Meryon, British/French etcher   

1826  On November - 23 agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curacao   

1830  On this day in history kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor   

1832  French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium on this day in history.   

1834  On November - 23 hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres   

1835  On this day in history henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine, Troy, NY   

1835  On November - 23 the horseshoe manufacturing machine was patented by Henry Burden of Troy, New York.   

1835  Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy NY) on this day in history.   

1837  On November - 23 john van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States)   

1842  James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain) on November - 23.   

1843  Josef Sucher, composer on November - 23.   

1844  On November - 23 independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.   

1848  On November - 23 female Medical Educational Society founded in Boston   

1848  Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston on November - 23.   

1848  On this day in history alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45   

1852  On November - 23 just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)   

1853  On November - 23 francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67   

1858  Frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George & Alec, Eng & S Afr) on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born   

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1221  On this day in history birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468) was born on November - 23.   

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)   

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on November - 23.   

1616  On November - 23 birth of john Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)   

1632  On November - 23 birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)   

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  On November - 23 columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  On this day in history death of berthold, Duke of Bavaria   

0955  On November - 23 death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)   

1249  On November - 23 ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies   

1407  Death of Louis, duke of Orleans, murdered on November - 23.   

1457  Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17 on November - 23.   

1499  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on November - 23.   

1503  Death of Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449) on this day in history.