Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23
Friday, 18 July 2025
1708 Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on August - 23.
1711 Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence on August - 23.
1723 On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64
1727 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on this day in history.
1740 On this day in history ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1751 On this day in history louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer
1754 On this day in history louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined
1773 On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher
1777 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1784 On August - 23 eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it
1793 On this day in history in France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25
1796 On this day in history african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated
1797 On this day in history emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.
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 On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren
1818 On August - 23 the first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie.
1818 On August - 23 rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1819 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history mexico declares independence
1825 Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.
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 this day in history.
1833 On August - 23 britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed
1838 Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class on this day in history.
1838 Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class on August - 23.
1839 On this day in history hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.
1839 On this day in history british capture Hong Kong from China
1839 Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on August - 23.
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 August - 23.
1850 On August - 23 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass
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