Page 2: Historical Events In February - 23

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 February - 23.   

1787  On February - 23 emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)   

1792  On this day in history humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)   

1792  Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres on this day in history.   

1792  On February - 23 istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

1792  Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on February - 23.   

1804  On this day in history conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII   

1806  John Alcock, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1807  Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1811  On February - 23 george Washington Hewitt, composer   

1813  On February - 23 first US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham MA   

1813  On February - 23 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass   

1817  On February - 23 george Watts, London, painter   

1818  On this day in history jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept   

1820  On February - 23 cato Street conspiracy uncovered   

1821  College of Apothecaries organized in Philadelphia; first US pharmacy college on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history college of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college   

1821  John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history boston is incorporated as a city.   

1822  Boston is incorporated as a city on this day in history.   

1824  Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar) on this day in history.   

1831  On February - 23 hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)   

1834  Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis on this day in history.   

1836  On February - 23 the siege at the Alamo, Texas, begins - only six people survived   

1836  On this day in history the siege of the Alamo began   

1836  On this day in history alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed   

1838  On February - 23 gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1840  Carl Menger, Austrian economist on February - 23.   

1846  On February - 23 polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated   

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 this day in history.   

1847  On February - 23 battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans   

1848  On February - 23 john Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US, dies of a stroke at age 80.   

1848  Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer on February - 23.   

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1417  On this day in history birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  On this day in history birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

1583  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  On this day in history birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  On this day in history birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on February - 23.   

1646  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  On February - 23 birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)   

0155  Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on this day in history.   

1011  Death of Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1100  Death of Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) on this day in history.   

1447  On this day in history eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies   

1464  On this day in history death of zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)   

1468  On this day in history john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies   

1526  On February - 23 diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies   

1554  On this day in history death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed