Page 3: Historical Events In May - 23

1794  On May - 23 isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  On May - 23 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 May - 23 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 May - 23 james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)   

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

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

1828  On May - 23 edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer on May - 23.   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76   

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

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

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 May - 23 the birth of Otto Lilienthal, German glider builder   

1848  On May - 23 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 this day in history buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)   

1860  On this day in history albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies   

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

1862  Battle at Front Royal VA on May - 23.   

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

1862  Battle at Front Royal, Virginia on this day in history.   

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  On May - 23 battle of Dallas GA   

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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 May - 23 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 23.   

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

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