Historical Events In May - 23

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer on this day in history.   

1795  On May - 23 charles Barry, architect   

1799  On May - 23 thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  On this day in history henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  On May - 23 south American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").   

1813  Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on May - 23.   

1820  On this day in history james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)   

1824  On May - 23 ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1825  On May - 23 ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia   

1828  Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) on this day in history.   

1832  On May - 23 pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76   

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1843  Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer on this day in history.   

1844  On May - 23 declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)   

1848  On May - 23 otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator is born   

1848  On this day in history the birth of Otto Lilienthal, German glider builder   

1848  Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I) on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history antoni Stolpe, composer   

1851  Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1853  On May - 23 buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)   

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on May - 23.   

1861  On May - 23 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA   

1861  Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession on this day in history.   

1861  3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia on May - 23.   

1862  On May - 23 battle at Front Royal VA   

1862  Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Front Royal VA on May - 23.   

1862  On this day in history battle at Front Royal, Virginia   

1862  On May - 23 william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99   

1863  On May - 23 organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.   

1864  Battle of Dallas GA on May - 23.   

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1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on this day in history.   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27