Historical Events In November - 23

1760  On November - 23 gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist (Tribun du Peuple)   

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

1765  On November - 23 thomas Attwood, composer   

1783  Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits (1829-53)   

1787  Anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52 on November - 23.   

1794  On this day in history joan F Van Oordt, vicar (Groninger direction)   

1797  On this day in history gabor Matray, composer   

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.   

1809  On November - 23 horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1814  Elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history william Dennison, postmaster/general (Union), died in 1882   

1819  Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history john Willis Ellis, Governor (Confederacy) died in 1861   

1821  Charles Meryon, British/French etcher on this day in history.   

1826  Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curacao on November - 23.   

1830  On November - 23 kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor   

1832  On November - 23 french take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium   

1834  On this day in history hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres   

1835  Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine, Troy, NY on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history 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  John van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States) on November - 23.   

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

1843  On this day in history josef Sucher, composer   

1844  Independence of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1853  Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1858  On November - 23 frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George & Alec, Eng & S Afr)   

1859  On this day in history billy the Kid William Bonney or Henry McCarty the outlawwas born   

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1221  On November - 23 birth of alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)   

1402  Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468) was born on November - 23.   

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

1553  Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On November - 23 birth of jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)   

1641  Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) was born on November - 23.   

1669  On this day in history birth of johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)   

0615  On this day in history columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies   

0947  Death of Berthold, Duke of Bavaria on this day in history.   

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

1249  Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies on November - 23.   

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  Death of Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history death of bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)