Page 3: Historical Events In April - 23

1810  On this day in history thomas Wright, historian   

1812  On April - 23 louis-Antoine Julien, conductor   

1812  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1813  On April - 23 stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)   

1818  On this day in history james Anthony Froude, historian   

1821  Pierre Dupont, song writer on this day in history.   

1826  Missolonghi captured by Turks on April - 23.   

1827  William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays on this day in history.   

1827  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer on April - 23.   

1827  Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1828  On April - 23 albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)   

1838  On April - 23 english steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC   

1838  On this day in history alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter   

1838  On April - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75   

1847  Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1850  William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history civil engineer Sandford Fleming 1827-1915 designs the red Three-Pence Beaver stamp issued this day; the Province of Canada's first regular postage stamp   

1851  On this day in history canada issues its 1st postage stamps   

1852  On this day in history edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)   

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on April - 23.   

1857  On April - 23 ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)   

1858  On April - 23 the birth of Max Planck, German physicist   

1858  Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918) on April - 23.   

1860  On April - 23 dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery   

1861  On April - 23 arkansas troops seize Fort Smith   

1861  On April - 23 arkansas troops seize Ft Smith   

1861  Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal on April - 23.   

1864  Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) on this day in history.   

1865  James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1867  Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel on this day in history.   

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) on April - 23.   

1871  Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up on April - 23.   

1877  On April - 23 arthur Farwell, composer   

1878  1st Dutch test drive of steam tram on this day in history.   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.   

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.   

0997  On April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  On this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies