Page 3: Historical Events In April - 23

1810  Thomas Wright, historian on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history louis-Antoine Julien, conductor   

1812  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1813  Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates) on this day in history.   

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian on April - 23.   

1821  On April - 23 pierre Dupont, song writer   

1826  On this day in history missolonghi captured by Turks   

1827  William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 23 johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer   

1827  Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 on April - 23.   

1828  Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902) on April - 23.   

1838  On this day in history english steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC   

1838  Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75   

1847  On April - 23 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64   

1850  On this day in history william Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80   

1851  Civil engineer Sandford Fleming 1827-1915 designs the red Three-Pence Beaver stamp issued this day; the Province of Canada's first regular postage stamp on this day in history.   

1851  On April - 23 canada issues its 1st postage stamps   

1852  Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937) on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history auguste Laurent, chemist, dies   

1857  Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) on this day in history.   

1858  On April - 23 the birth of Max Planck, German physicist   

1858  Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918) on April - 23.   

1860  Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery on this day in history.   

1861  Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith on April - 23.   

1861  On April - 23 arkansas troops seize Ft Smith   

1861  Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal on this day in history.   

1864  On April - 23 battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)   

1865  James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1867  On April - 23 queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel   

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up   

1877  On this day in history arthur Farwell, composer   

1878  1st Dutch test drive of steam tram on April - 23.   

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on this day in history.   

0303  On April - 23 death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.   

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.   

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on April - 23.   

1016  On this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies