Historical Events In February - 23
Friday, 29 March 2024
1778 On February - 23 baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
1781 George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) on this day in history.
1787 Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.
1792 On February - 23 humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)
1792 On February - 23 joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres
1792 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor on February - 23.
1792 On February - 23 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
1804 On this day in history conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII
1806 On this day in history john Alcock, composer, dies at 90
1807 On February - 23 francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
1811 George Washington Hewitt, composer on February - 23.
1813 First US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham MA on this day in history.
1813 On this day in history 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass
1817 On February - 23 george Watts, London, painter
1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept on this day in history.
1820 On February - 23 cato Street conspiracy uncovered
1821 On February - 23 college of Apothecaries organized in Philadelphia; first US pharmacy college
1821 College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college on this day in history.
1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on February - 23.
1822 On February - 23 boston is incorporated as a city.
1822 Boston is incorporated as a city on February - 23.
1824 Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar) on this day in history.
1831 Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag) on February - 23.
1834 Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis on this day in history.
1836 The siege at the Alamo, Texas, begins - only six people survived on February - 23.
1836 The siege of the Alamo began on February - 23.
1836 On February - 23 alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
1838 On this day in history gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1840 On this day in history carl Menger, Austrian economist
1846 Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated on this day in history.
1847 General Zachary Taylor leads US troops to defeat Mexican General Santa Anna and his army at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico on February - 23.
1847 Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans on February - 23.
1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US, dies of a stroke at age 80 on February - 23.
1848 On this day in history thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
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