Historical Events In August - 23
Sunday, 07 March 2021
1708 On this day in history meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
1711 On August - 23 admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence
1723 Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on August - 23.
1727 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on August - 23.
1740 On August - 23 ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1751 Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer on August - 23.
1754 Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on August - 23.
1773 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
1784 Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it on this day in history.
1793 On August - 23 in France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25
1796 On August - 23 african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated
1797 Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada on August - 23.
1799 Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power on August - 23.
1802 On this day in history corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51
1806 Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1809 On this day in history juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)
1813 Battle of Grossbeeren on August - 23.
1818 On August - 23 the first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie.
1818 On this day in history rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1819 On this day in history oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
1821 On August - 23 mexico declares independence
1825 On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81
1829 On August - 23 moritz B Cantor, German math historian
1831 On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70
1832 Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on August - 23.
1833 On this day in history britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed
1838 On August - 23 mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class
1838 On August - 23 mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class
1839 Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China on this day in history.
1839 British capture Hong Kong from China on August - 23.
1839 On August - 23 charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57
1850 In the Lancaster Sound NWT, HMS Assistance and HMS Intrepid find first trace of lost Franklin expedition in Lancaster Sound, at Cape Riley and Beechey Island on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass
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