Historical Events In February - 23

1778  Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)   

1787  On this day in history emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)   

1792  Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) on this day in history.   

1792  Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres on February - 23.   

1792  On this day in history istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor   

1792  On February - 23 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

1804  On this day in history conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII   

1806  John Alcock, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1807  Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1811  George Washington Hewitt, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history george Watts, London, painter   

1818  On this day in history jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept   

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 February - 23.   

1822  Boston is incorporated as a city on this day in history.   

1824  On February - 23 herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar)   

1831  On this day in history hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)   

1834  Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis on this day in history.   

1836  The siege at the Alamo, Texas, begins - only six people survived on February - 23.   

1836  The siege of the Alamo began on this day in history.   

1836  On February - 23 alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed   

1838  Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

1840  On February - 23 carl Menger, Austrian economist   

1846  On this day in history polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated   

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 this day in history.   

1847  On February - 23 battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans   

1848  John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US, dies of a stroke at age 80 on this day in history.   

1848  On February - 23 thomas Paine Westendorf, composer   

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1417  On this day in history birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On February - 23 birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  On this day in history birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  On this day in history birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  On this day in history birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

1646  On February - 23 birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on February - 23.   

0155  On this day in history death of polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake   

1011  Death of Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz on February - 23.   

1100  Death of Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) on this day in history.   

1447  Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on February - 23.   

1464  Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

1468  On February - 23 john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies   

1526  On February - 23 diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies   

1554  Death of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed on February - 23.