Page 3: Historical Events In April - 23

1810  On this day in history thomas Wright, historian   

1812  On this day in history louis-Antoine Julien, conductor   

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

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

1818  On this day in history james Anthony Froude, historian   

1821  On this day in history pierre Dupont, song writer   

1826  On April - 23 missolonghi captured by Turks   

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 April - 23.   

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  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 April - 23.   

1851  On April - 23 canada issues its 1st postage stamps   

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

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1858  The birth of Max Planck, German physicist on April - 23.   

1858  On April - 23 max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)   

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

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

1861  On April - 23 arkansas troops seize Ft Smith   

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

1864  On April - 23 battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)   

1865  On this day in history james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

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

1867  On this day in history simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)   

1871  On this day in history blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up   

1877  Arthur Farwell, composer on April - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  On April - 23 death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent   

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

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  On this day in history 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  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.