Page 3: Historical Events In May - 23

1794  On this day in history isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  On May - 23 charles Barry, architect   

1799  On May - 23 thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  On this day in history henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  On this day in history south American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").   

1813  On this day in history mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) on this day in history.   

1824  On May - 23 ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1825  On this day in history ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia   

1828  On May - 23 edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  On this day in history pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

1838  On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1843  On May - 23 pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

1844  Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) on this day in history.   

1848  Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator is born on this day in history.   

1848  The birth of Otto Lilienthal, German glider builder on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)   

1851  On May - 23 antoni Stolpe, composer   

1851  Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1853  On May - 23 buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)   

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.   

1861  3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA on May - 23.   

1861  Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession on May - 23.   

1861  3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia on May - 23.   

1862  Battle at Front Royal VA on this day in history.   

1862  Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Front Royal VA on May - 23.   

1862  Battle at Front Royal, Virginia on this day in history.   

1862  William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99 on this day in history.   

1863  Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan on May - 23.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Dallas GA   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on this day in history.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27