Historical Events In November - 23

1760  Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist (Tribun du Peuple) on this day in history.  

1765  People of Frederick County MD refuse to pay England's Stamp tax on this day in history.  

1765  On this day in history thomas Attwood, composer  

1783  On November - 23 annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784)  

1785  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits (1829-53) on November - 23.  

1787  On November - 23 anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52  

1794  Joan F Van Oordt, vicar (Groninger direction) on this day in history.  

1797  Gabor Matray, composer on this day in history.  

1800  On November - 23 michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author (Povesti)  

1804  Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro NH, (D) 14th Pres (1853-1857) on this day in history.  

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1809  Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on November - 23.  

1814  Elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70 on November - 23.  

1815  William Dennison, postmaster/general (Union), died in 1882 on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1901  

1820  John Willis Ellis, Governor (Confederacy) died in 1861 on November - 23.  

1821  On this day in history charles Meryon, British/French etcher  

1826  On this day in history agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curacao  

1830  On this day in history kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor  

1832  French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium on this day in history.  

1834  On November - 23 hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres  

1835  On this day in history henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine, Troy, NY  

1835  On November - 23 the horseshoe manufacturing machine was patented by Henry Burden of Troy, New York.  

1835  On this day in history henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy NY)  

1837  On November - 23 john van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States)  

1842  James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain) on November - 23.  

1843  On this day in history josef Sucher, composer  

1844  On November - 23 independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.  

1848  On November - 23 female Medical Educational Society founded in Boston  

1848  On November - 23 female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston  

1848  On November - 23 alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45  

1852  Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) on November - 23.  

1853  On November - 23 francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67  

1858  Frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George & Alec, Eng & S Afr) on this day in history.  

1859  Billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born on November - 23.  

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1221  Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84) was born on this day in history.  

1402  On this day in history birth of jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)  

1417  On this day in history birth of william FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)  

1553  On this day in history birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)  

1616  John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis) was born on this day in history.  

1632  On this day in history birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)  

1641  On November - 23 birth of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)  

1669  On November - 23 birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)  

0615  On November - 23 columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies  

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on November - 23.  

0955  On November - 23 death of edred, King of England (b. c. 923)  

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on this day in history.  

1407  On this day in history death of louis, duke of Orleans, murdered  

1457  Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17 on this day in history.  

1499  On November - 23 death of perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged  

1503  On November - 23 death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)