1823
1823 was a
common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).
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February 3 - First representation of
Gioacchino Rossini's
Semiramide*
July 15 -
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in
Rome almost completely destroyed by fire
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September 10 -
Simón Bolívar named President of
Peru*
December 2 -
Monroe Doctrine:
USA separates the
spheres of influence between
Europe and the
Americas.
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Ferdinand VII revokes the
Spanish Constitution of 1812 and restores
absolute monarchy (See also
Mid-nineteenth century Spain)
* The
Olbers' paradox is described by the
German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers.
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January 1 -
Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d.
1849)
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January 8 -
Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d.
1913)
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January 27 -
Edouard Lalo, French composer (d.
1892)
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February 27 -
Ernest Renan, French philosopher and writer (d.
1892)
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March 14 -
Théodore de Banville, French writer (d.
1891)
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March 20 -
Ned Buntline, American publisher, writer, and publicist (d.
1886)
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March 23 -
Schuyler Colfax,
Vice President of the United States (d.
1885)
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April 3 -
William Marcy Tweed, American political boss (d.
1878)
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April 23 -
Abd-ul-Mejid,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1861)
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June 21 -
Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d.
1873)
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August 13 -
Goldwin Smith, English historian (d.
1910)
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December 6 -
Friedrich Max Müller, German Orientalist (d.
1900)
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James Black, American
temperance movement leader (d
1893)
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January 26 -
Edward Jenner, English physician and medical researcher (b.
1749)
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February 7 -
Ann Radcliffe, English writer (b.
1764)
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March 14 -
Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b.
1739)
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June 1 -
Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (b.
1770)
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August 20 -
Pope Pius VII (b.
1740)
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August 22 -
Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b.
1753)
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September 11 -
David Ricardo, English economist (b.
1772)
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September 23 -
Matthew Baillie, Scottish physician and pathologist (b.
1761)
