Page 3: Historical Events In April - 23

1810  On this day in history thomas Wright, historian   

1812  Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor on April - 23.   

1812  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 on April - 23.   

1813  On April - 23 stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)   

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian on this day in history.   

1821  Pierre Dupont, song writer on April - 23.   

1826  Missolonghi captured by Turks on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 23 william Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays.   

1827  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 23 johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65   

1828  On April - 23 albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)   

1838  English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC on this day in history.   

1838  On April - 23 alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter   

1838  On April - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75   

1847  Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1851  On April - 23 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   

1851  On this day in history 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 April - 23 auguste Laurent, chemist, dies   

1857  On this day in history ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza)   

1858  The birth of Max Planck, German physicist on April - 23.   

1858  Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery   

1861  On this day in history arkansas troops seize Fort Smith   

1861  On April - 23 arkansas troops seize Ft Smith   

1861  Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal on April - 23.   

1864  Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

1867  Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel on April - 23.   

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

1871  Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up on this day in history.   

1877  Arthur Farwell, composer on April - 23.   

1878  On this day in history 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram   

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

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on this day in history.   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 23.   

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

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

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.   

0997  On April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.   

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