Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23
Thursday, 17 July 2025
1708 Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on this day in history.
1711 On August - 23 admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence
1723 On August - 23 antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64
1727 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on August - 23.
1740 On this day in history ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1751 Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer on this day in history.
1754 Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on August - 23.
1773 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher on August - 23.
1777 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.
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 African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated on August - 23.
1797 Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada on August - 23.
1799 On this day in history napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.
1802 Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on August - 23.
1806 Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.
1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) on August - 23.
1813 On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren
1818 On this day in history 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 August - 23.
1821 On this day in history mexico declares independence
1825 On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81
1829 Moritz B Cantor, German math historian on this day in history.
1831 August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1832 Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on August - 23.
1833 Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed on August - 23.
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 this day in history.
1839 On this day in history hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.
1839 On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China
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 August - 23.
1850 On August - 23 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass
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