Page 3: Historical Events In April - 23

1810  Thomas Wright, historian on this day in history.   

1812  On April - 23 louis-Antoine Julien, conductor   

1812  On April - 23 franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85   

1813  Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates) on April - 23.   

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian on April - 23.   

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 April - 23.   

1827  On this day in history johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer   

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

1828  On this day in history 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 this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75   

1847  On April - 23 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64   

1850  William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 on April - 23.   

1851  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 on this day in history.   

1851  Canada issues its 1st postage stamps on April - 23.   

1852  On April - 23 edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)   

1853  On this day in history auguste Laurent, chemist, dies   

1857  Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) on this day in history.   

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  Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery on April - 23.   

1861  Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith on this day in history.   

1861  Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith on April - 23.   

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 April - 23.   

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

1867  On April - 23 queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel   

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) on this day in history.   

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

1877  On this day in history arthur Farwell, composer   

1878  1st Dutch test drive of steam tram on April - 23.   

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1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.   

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

1484  On April - 23 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  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23.   

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on this day in history.   

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

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

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

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1014  On this day in history 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