Page 3: Historical Events In May - 23

1794  On this day in history isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  Charles Barry, architect on May - 23.   

1799  Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) on this day in history.   

1812  Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) on this day in history.   

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 May - 23 james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)   

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1825  Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76   

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 May - 23.   

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

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on May - 23.   

1843  On May - 23 pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

1844  On this day in history declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)   

1848  Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator is born on May - 23.   

1848  The birth of Otto Lilienthal, German glider builder on May - 23.   

1848  Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I) on May - 23.   

1851  On May - 23 antoni Stolpe, composer   

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

1853  Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859) on May - 23.   

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

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

1861  On May - 23 virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession   

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

1862  On this day in history battle at Front Royal VA   

1862  On May - 23 valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Front Royal VA   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

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

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

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

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

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

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

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