Page 3: Historical Events In May - 23

1794  On May - 23 isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  On this day in history charles Barry, architect   

1799  On this day in history thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) on May - 23.   

1813  On this day in history south American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").   

1813  On May - 23 mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

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

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) on May - 23.   

1825  On this day in history 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 this day in history pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  On May - 23 charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76   

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on May - 23.   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1842  On this day in history jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

1843  On this day in history pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

1844  Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) on May - 23.   

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  On this day in history helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)   

1851  On May - 23 antoni Stolpe, composer   

1851  On this day in history lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

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

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA   

1861  On this day in history virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession   

1861  On this day in history 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia   

1862  On May - 23 battle at Front Royal VA   

1862  On this day in history valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Front Royal VA   

1862  Battle at Front Royal, Virginia on May - 23.   

1862  William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 on this day in history.   

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

1864  Battle of Dallas GA on May - 23.   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

1100  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

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

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.