Page 2: Historical Events In 1823

Mar 24   Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66   

Mar 25   Coelestin Jungbauer, composer, dies at 75   

Mar 25   William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910   

Mar 27   Samuel Kosciusko Zook, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers).   

Mar 30   Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901   

Apr 01   Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914   

Apr 03   William Macy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt political boss (NYC)   

Apr 04   Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables).   

Apr 06   Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune).   

Apr 10   Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brig General (Confederate Army).   

Apr 12   Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists and Admirers)   

Apr 12   Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright is born   

Apr 16   Mother Joseph, [Esther Pariseau], religious leader (US capitol).   

Apr 22   Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868.   

Apr 22   Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London   

Apr 24   Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris.   

Apr 30   George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)   

May 05   James Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876   

May 08   "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)   

May 08   "Home Sweet Home" inaugural sung (London)   

May 10   1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling.   

May 10   John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900.   

May 10   The inaugural steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling.   

May 11   Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter   

May 15   Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69   

May 17   Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer.   

May 27   John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

Jun 01   Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal, dies at 53.   

Jun 05   George Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA).   

Jun 11   James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

Jun 13   Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900.   

Jun 16   King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp   

Jun 17   John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903   

Jun 17   The waterproof material for raincoats patented by Charles Macintosh.   

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Jan 01   Sándor petÅ‘fi: Hungarian poet and revolutionary    

Jan 03   Jaak-nikolaas lemmens: Flemish composer   

Jan 04   Otto van rees: Gov-gen of dutch-indies (1884-88)   

Jan 04   Peter joseph osterhaus: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1917   

Jan 05   William rockstro: Composer   

Jan 08   Alfred russel wallace: British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution)   

Jan 21   Alexandre edouard goria: Composer   

Jan 27   Edouard-victoire-antoine lalo: France, composer (symphonie espagnole)   

Jan 05   Major george johnston: Lieutenant-governor of new south wales (b. 1764)   

Jan 17   Zacharius werner: German playwright,    

Jan 21   Cayetano josé rodríguez: Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)   

Jan 26   Edward jenner: English physician (b. 1749)   

Feb 07   Ann radcliffe (ward): English poet/author of horror novels,   

Feb 16   Johann gottfried schict: Composer,   

Feb 26   John p kemble: English actor/director (covent garden),   

Mar 14   Charles françois dumouriez: French general (b. 1739)