Page 2: Historical Events In June - 03
Monday, 23 February 2026
1761 Henry Scrapnel, English inventor (shrapnel shell) 

1764 Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe, dies at 69. 

1770 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in Calif 

1770 Manuel Belgrano, Argentina 

1771 Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author 

1773 Caspar G C Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist 

1780 William Hone, England, author/bookseller (Every-Day Book) 

1781 Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack 

1782 Charles Waterton, eccentric naturalist/pioneer 

1789 Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada). 

1801 Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer. 

1804 Richard Cobden, West Sussex, founder (Anti-Corn-Law League) 

1804 Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer, dies at 35. 

1808 Jefferson F Davis, Ky, Pres of Confederate States of America (1861-5). 

1809 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58. 

1812 Pieter Mijer, Dutch gov-gen of Neth Indies (1866-72) 

1815 Martin Edward Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 

1818 Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends 

1819 Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop Neth, Dut/Fr painter (Winter Scenes). 

1824 Charles Kinnaird Graham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 

1828 Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer 

1829 Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer. 

1831 Otho French Strahl, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 

1832 Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer 

1833 4th national black convention meets (Phila) 

1839 Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Der Herr im Hause) 

1840 Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight) 

1841 Eduardo Caudella, composer 

1843 Frederik VIII CWK, King of Denmark (1906-12). 

1844 Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet 

1844 Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme, dies. 

1849 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73 

1851 The inaugural baseball uniforms worn. Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers. 

1851 1st baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers. 

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