Historical Events In February - 23
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge on February - 23.
1781 George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) on this day in history.
1787 On this day in history emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)
1792 On February - 23 humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners)
1792 Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres on February - 23.
1792 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor on this day in history.
1792 On this day in history joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
1804 Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history john Alcock, composer, dies at 90
1807 On February - 23 francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
1811 On this day in history george Washington Hewitt, composer
1813 On this day in history first US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham MA
1813 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass on this day in history.
1817 On February - 23 george Watts, London, painter
1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept on February - 23.
1820 Cato Street conspiracy uncovered on February - 23.
1821 On February - 23 college of Apothecaries organized in Philadelphia; first US pharmacy college
1821 College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history john Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
1822 Boston is incorporated as a city on this day in history.
1822 On February - 23 boston is incorporated as a city
1824 Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar) on this day in history.
1831 On February - 23 hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
1834 Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis on February - 23.
1836 The siege at the Alamo, Texas, begins - only six people survived on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history the siege of the Alamo began
1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed on February - 23.
1838 On this day in history gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1840 Carl Menger, Austrian economist on February - 23.
1846 Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated on February - 23.
1847 General Zachary Taylor leads US troops to defeat Mexican General Santa Anna and his army at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico on February - 23.
1847 On this day in history battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans
1848 On February - 23 john Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US, dies of a stroke at age 80.
1848 On February - 23 thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
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